I use 3 PL2303 cables in Windows 7. One for Baofeng F-11, Wouxun
KG-UV6D/UV6Dv2, one for Anytone AT-5888UV, and one cable that
was an extra for Anytone. I skinned the cable back to expose the white and black
wires. Soldered on a mini 6 pin DIN cable with two wires leading to pins 2 and 6
for my Yaesu FT8900. So that PL2303 will work on Anytone and Yaesu models
with a 6 pin mini DIN data jack. Next I will ad a third radio plug to that cable and
it will work with my two Yaesu hand helds that use a 3.5mm plug. I'm not sure
if they combine send and receive though but if they do, that cable will also terminate
into a 3.5mm plug. I can also buy cable components from a friend who has the parts.
He's etched the prototype pc boardthen sent it off to a small company that replicated
50 units. All it is then is to populate the board with either FTDI or Prolific, a few other
components and enclose the board in heat shrink tubing after the cords are attached.
This USB to serial really is amateurish at best.