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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You really have to jam those plugs into the radio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The only one I got to work consistently was the cable from RT Systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>73 N2DYN Angelo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>lofty don<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R won't program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sir,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I recently purchased two of these radios, but am having trouble programming them using the purchased cable that interfaces with the radio and ends in a USB cable. I have tried with both a Windows 10 and a Windows 7 Home pc. I checked the firmware version and saw that it read: BFB297<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I check the devices in Windows 10 and it shows com3 or com4, depending on the USB port and it looks good.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I click on new and then click on the radio tab and put in com1 or com2 or com3 or com4 and always get an error (vendor is Baofeng and UV-5R).<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks for any help you can give.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Don in sunny Florida<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>