On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:55 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
I have a cable that I can unplug from the USB and connect another cable, but I just looked at and it is also a male that goes into the USB part, and the three single cables that came with the set are male at both ends, so there's no way to join them. My cable kit also came with two two pin plugs, and only one of those fit the Baofengs, and that is what I was using. I was just looking in the BF F9u+ manual and it mentioned cloning from one to the other, but I only have a UV5R to clone from, and it might not be good to clone between different models anyway. I thought I'd look for some Baofeng software, but I don't find a download link on their site, maybe their site isn't screenreader friendly. Glenn
If you have a programming cable that works for your UV-5R, then the same programming cable will work for the BF-F9. The fit and finish of these radios are not the best so it is common for the 2 pins of the cable to not fully insert and fully make contact with the 2 holes of the socket. Sometimes you have to press on the plug (sometimes really hard) during the cloning process to make full contact.
You can get the OEM software from the miklor.com website. Here's a link to the page: https://www.miklor.com/F8HP/F8HP-Software.php
It is saved in .RAR format so you may need a file archival program that supports *.rar files (but you should be OK if you are using Ubuntu to download and extract the file). But the OEM software will only run on Windows and I don't think Windows supports *.rar files. I use 7-zip as my utility to handle ZIP, TAR, RAR, etc archive files.
But no programming software can work until you provide a working connection between the computer and radio.
Jim KC9HI