<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yiv5163102881"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_6_1420319067224_4">&nbsp;Before you buy an F9, look at this link:</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="https://baofengtech.com/BF-F9v2+">https://baofengtech.com/BF-F9v2+</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>I bought one and it wasn't programmable to a repeater period.&nbsp; I tried Chirp and no dice.&nbsp; I sent the radio back and </div><div>thank heavens for the liberal Amazon return policy.&nbsp; I bought an F8HP and am much happier.&nbsp; Worked just fine.</div><div>The F8HP was listed out of stock when I tried to get one originally&nbsp;but had come back up
 online after my experience with </div><div>the F9.&nbsp; F9 didn't work with Chirp or possibly was dorked by it.&nbsp; Master reset didn't work.&nbsp; The 3800mah pack had to be pried off.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The BF-F8HP works perfectly with Chirp in spite of the disclaimer.&nbsp; Get an F8HP.&nbsp; Kurt KC9LDH</div><div id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_6_1420319067224_11"><br id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_6_1420319067224_5" clear="none"></div>  <div id="yiv5163102881yqt03354"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_6_1420319067224_7"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6788"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6790"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);
 height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6792"></div>  <font id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6791" size="2" face="Arial"> <b id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6794"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6793">From:</span></b> Jim Unroe &lt;rock.unroe@gmail.com&gt;<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP &lt;chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com&gt; <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 2, 2015 5:08 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Will Chirp work with the Baofeng BF-F9 V2<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6787"><br clear="none">On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:43 AM,&nbsp; &lt;<a id="yiv5163102881yui_3_16_0_1_1420319067224_6789"
 href="mailto:chaplainblack@centurytel.net" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:chaplainblack@centurytel.net">chaplainblack@centurytel.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear="none">&gt;<br clear="none">&gt; I&nbsp; am wanting to buy a Baofeng Radio and am
 looking at the new Baofeng BF-F9<br clear="none">&gt; V2<br clear="none">&gt; Does anyone on the list know if CHIRP will work for this radio<br clear="none">&gt; Is there anything I would need to do specifically to make it compatable<br clear="none">&gt;<br clear="none">&gt; One dealer said it should work but I am not sure if that is true or not.<br clear="none">&gt;<br clear="none">&gt;<br clear="none">&gt;<br clear="none">&gt; thank you all, Ron in WA&nbsp; &nbsp; KA7MUB<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hi Ron,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">&gt;From the "Supported Radios" list on the CHIRP home page...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">BF-F8HP (in daily builds)<br clear="none">Also includes the BF-F9V2+<br clear="none">Also includes the GT-3TP<br clear="none">Also includes the UV-5R TP<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yes, it is supported. You must use a daily build.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jim KC9HI<div
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