<div dir="ltr">Hi Ed,<div> I programmed the UV5R, but I had issues as well. The programming cable I bought wasn't one actually manufactured by Baofeng. As a result, I had a really difficult time getting the correct drivers installed for the USB chipset they used. Have you verified the USB drivers are correct?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:23 PM Toby Nivens via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5101" dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><span id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5100" class="gmail_msg">I agree. I have purchased over 20 BF-888s and 777 (same radio). Programmed all of them with chirp...They work great. </span></div><div class="m_-8158958430484825716qtdSeparateBR gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5041"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5105" style="display:block"> <div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5104" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"> <div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5103" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"> <div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5107" dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"> <font id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5108" face="Arial" size="2" class="gmail_msg"> <hr size="1" class="gmail_msg"> <b class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" class="gmail_msg">From:</span></b> Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>><br class="gmail_msg"> <b class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" class="gmail_msg">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> <br class="gmail_msg"> <b class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" class="gmail_msg">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:09 PM<br class="gmail_msg"> <b class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" class="gmail_msg">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Can't program BF-888s<br class="gmail_msg"> </font> </div> <div class="m_-8158958430484825716y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5102"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5105" style="display:block"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5104" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5103" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5102"><br class="gmail_msg">On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Ken Palmer <<a id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5106" href="mailto:palmerken77@gmail.com" shape="rect" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">palmerken77@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">> Did you download the 888 software from Baofeng web site? That's what I use<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">> on mine. It has the scramble option and all. Never could get chirp to work<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">> with it either.<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">Someone sent me one of the BF-888S radios that won't program. It<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">programs just fine for me. The only way I can get it to not program<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">was to intentionally install and select an incompatible device driver<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">for the programming cable.<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">Also, CHIRP supports the scramble option.<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">Jim KC9HI</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5105" style="display:block"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5104" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5103" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5102"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yqt9254556913 gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yqtfd58055"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">_______________________________________________<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">chirp_users mailing list<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" shape="rect" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" shape="rect" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5105" style="display:block"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5104" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5103" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5102"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yqt9254556913 gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yqtfd58055">This message was sent to KD5TN at <a href="mailto:mexiaflash@yahoo.com" shape="rect" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">mexiaflash@yahoo.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5105" style="display:block"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5104" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5103" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485292800453_5102"><div class="m_-8158958430484825716yqt9254556913 gmail_msg" id="m_-8158958430484825716yqtfd58055"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" shape="rect" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg">
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