On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 8:49 PM Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006@frontier.com wrote:
On 21 May 2022 at 15:39, Ken Hansen wrote:
Always use the most current version, support for radios is never dropped, so there's no reason to run an old version.
Ken, N2VIP
On May 21, 2022, at 15:11, Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006@frontier.com wrote:
A friend just bought a new Baofeng BA-F8+ and is having considerable trouble programming it.
Is there a specific version of Chirp which will do the trick?
Ken W7EKB
I guess I didn't make myself very clear. Sorry about that.
What I meant was that when programming this BF-F8+, I had trouble picking out the correct radio-type to program it.
I finally tried, from my OWN computer, not his, the choice, BF-F8HP.
It took several tries to get the program to "stick", but I finally succeeded.
I AM using the latest version of chirp, btw.
Thanks,
Ken W7EKB
Ken,
BF-F8HP is the wrong model to choose for a BF-F8+. The BF-F8+ is a UV-5R like radio with 2 transmit power levels, therefore you should choose the UV-5R model selection to program it. The BF-F8HP is a UV-5R like radio with 3 transmit power levels. The BF-F8HP model selection should only be for radio models with 3 transmit power levels.
Jim KC9HI