This is a very good explanation and should work fine. I usually just use the "official" cables myself and have no problem, so this is another option in case things don't pan out. I just bought one for my BAofeng radios and another for my Wouxun ones, no problems. Once I plugged the cable into the USB port of the computer, it had to install some drivers, but after that, programming happened without a hitch. Good luck with your programming! Shon, K6QT
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On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Jim Russell km6wc6@yahoo.com wrote:
I bought two baofeng radios, one is UV-82C an the other is BF-F8H and I
can
get neither one to up load to the computer it says in the paper i got
with
the radios that the small CD disc has all the software on it but when i click on it open it there is just a bunch of files, it says in the instructions that to click on the radio on the menu bar but so far I have found no menu bar with a radio to click on. It says I have to upload to the computer before I can program the
radio
OKAY what do I have to do get past this point. I'm lost I can't even get started till this happens.
thank you
Jim KM6WC CM97iw
Hi Jim,
The best advice for the small CD that come with the low cost programming cables is to never put it in your optical drive.
The first think you must do is to get the programming cable working properly. Most low cost programming cables have an unauthorized copy of the Prolific USB-to-serial chip in them. The driver that is automatically installed by Windows is incompatible with these chips. You will have to downgrade your driver to a previous version (v3.2.0.0 for Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1) which is compatible. Visit the miklor.com website to get the needed device driver and instructions to get it installed and selected.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
There are sections in the miklor.com website for the UV-82 and the BF-F8P. Each one will have the OEM software for each radio model. However, you won't need either since CHIRP will program both models.
It is not currently recommended that the CHIRP v0.4.x stable build be used with Balfeng/Pofung radios. So download and install the latest daily build of CHIRP.
The first thing that you must do with CHIRP is to _download_ from each radio into CHIRP. Once this first download is successful and before making any changes, save these channels and setting to a *.img file. Keep this first file in a safe place and don't ever edit it. It is you "factory reset" if you should ever need one in the future.
Notice how the CHIRP tab for each radio will be prefixed with "Baofeng UV-82:" and "Baofeng BF-F8HP:". You will only be able to upload the tab having the prefix that matches the target radio model. That being said, if you do all of you channel programming in the tab for the BF-F8HP and save it to the CHIRP .img data file format, you can import the BF-F8HP .img file into the "Baofeng UV82:" tab. Going this direction, all of the MID and HIGH power level settings of the BF-F8HP will automatically be converted to HIGH in the UV-82. If you go the other direction, the UV-82C HIGH power settings will be changed to MID (the closest match) in the BF-F8HP and you will have to manually edit any channels that you want to be set to HIGH power.
Jim KC9HI
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