It is a UV-5R variant because it has a single [PTT] button and the [0] key to the right of the keypad. If it was a UV-82 variant, it would have dual [PTT] buttons the [0] key would be at the bottom of the keypad.
If when you power the radio on with the [3] key pressed, you see BFB297, that would also indicate it is a UV-5R variant.
It may be that his radio uses a different "magic" string to initiate cloning. That can by determined by using the factory software for this radio. It is available at 409shop.com.
Jim KC9HI
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:01 PM, wobblyknee@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings from New Zealand. I am trying to Identify a Baofeng radio that I was given some 6 months ago.
It is labelled BF-UVB2 PLUS but it does not look like those on web pages . It has the appearance of a UV-82.
I have tried all the "chirp" Baofeng models, but none worked. Most common response "Radio did not respond"
Any suggestions. Works fine with manual programming.
UV-5 and UV-3 and others working fine on Chirp (Thank you)
Regards Dave D ZL1TIA