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    I have had no trouble with the 4 I have, using a Baofeng cable (that
    I originally bought for my first UV-5R) on Windows 7.<br>
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    - Trevor, AG7GX<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/19/2017 8:50 AM, James Flanders
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          size="2">OK then; Who has had good experience reading the
          BF-888s, and how?<br>
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        <div style="clear:both">James Flanders<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:w0oog@verizon.net">w0oog@verizon.net</a><br>
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          From: Kirby <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joekirby@gmail.com">&lt;joekirby@gmail.com&gt;</a><br>
          To: Discussion of CHIRP
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          Sent: Fri, May 19, 2017 6:34 am<br>
          Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Cannot read Baofeng BF-888S<br>
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          On 19/05/17 11:22, Nate Alvin wrote:<br>
          &gt; going to expire. Using the same computer, same "fake
          prolific" Baofeng<br>
          &gt; cloning cable and the updated daily CHIRP software i was
          able to<br>
          &gt; reprogram the UV5R, but when i went to read the BF888S i
          received the<br>
          &gt; error message "radio refused to enter programming mode".
          Any help would<br>
          &gt; be appreciated. Thanks<br>
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          I have had the same issue using Fedora. If I repeat trying to
          read/write<br>
          the BF888S about 90% of the attempts fail, but every once in a
          while it<br>
          works.<br>
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