25 May
2020
25 May
'20
1:28 p.m.
Usually when I see this, it's a Windows machine and a cheap Chinese data cable with a Prolific chipset that requires jumping through hoops to work.
These cheap cables work perfectly on Linux. (I'm not sure if they're a problem on OS X/Mac.)
Make sure you're getting a COM port assignment for your data cable. If you're not, and you have a friend with a Linux computer (or you're willing to boot yours with a live distribution, which won't affect your existing Windows installation), you can test that the cable works on Linux and gets a ttyUSBx identifier.
73 Jim VE5EV
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… Just to be clear, I have tried every Baofeng model currently listed in CHIRP and can't get it to work.