Hi Stu,
On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 7:06 AM 2hands_and_a_brain stusdiy@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone using one of these yet, they’re quite new to the market, and I am unable to programme mine using Chirp as its not ton the list of models available. How do I get this on the list please?
stu mckellar-basset stusdiy@gmail.com
The BF-999s has been around for at least 4 years. The original request to have it supported by CHIRP was back in 2017 (issue #5253). That request was twice duplicated by issues #5711 and #5927.
https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/5253 https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/5711 https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/5927
Like the BF-666s and BF-777s, BF-999s is just a variant of the Baofeng BF888s.If you watch this YouTube video from 2017 (link below), it states that the BF-999s is "electronically and mechanically the same radio" and proceeds to program it using the Vendor: Baofeng / Model: BF-888 selections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eEl3asfDco
Jim KC9HI