[chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
There doesn't appear to be a Baofeng HP9+
On 19/07/2022 18:22 EDT K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
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Yeah, I just had someone read it, and it is a BF F9V+ I believe they said.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; "K0LNY_Glenn" glenn@ervin.email Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
There doesn't appear to be a Baofeng HP9+
On 19/07/2022 18:22 EDT K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 6:23 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
The Baofeng BF-F9{tack on any additional letters/numbers/symbols as needed} is a Baofeng BF-F8HP variant (basically a UV-5R with 3 TX power levels). So assuming that you have a working CHIRP installation and a working programming cable, you would make the following selections to program it with CHIRP:
Port: {match what was as assigned by your operating system} Vendor: Baofeng Model: BF-F8HP
Jim KC9HI
So far, I have had no luck, I have some cables that came with one of my cables that might work for a cloning cable. Would the cloning happen on the smaller port or the larger port?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Unroe" rock.unroe@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 6:23 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
The Baofeng BF-F9{tack on any additional letters/numbers/symbols as needed} is a Baofeng BF-F8HP variant (basically a UV-5R with 3 TX power levels). So assuming that you have a working CHIRP installation and a working programming cable, you would make the following selections to program it with CHIRP:
Port: {match what was as assigned by your operating system} Vendor: Baofeng Model: BF-F8HP
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My cable has plugs for both ports.
On 19/07/2022 20:35 EDT K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
So far, I have had no luck, I have some cables that came with one of my cables that might work for a cloning cable. Would the cloning happen on the smaller port or the larger port?
I have a cable that I can unplug from the USB and connect another cable, but I just looked at and it is also a male that goes into the USB part, and the three single cables that came with the set are male at both ends, so there's no way to join them. My cable kit also came with two two pin plugs, and only one of those fit the Baofengs, and that is what I was using. I was just looking in the BF F9u+ manual and it mentioned cloning from one to the other, but I only have a UV5R to clone from, and it might not be good to clone between different models anyway. I thought I'd look for some Baofeng software, but I don't find a download link on their site, maybe their site isn't screenreader friendly. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; "K0LNY_Glenn" glenn@ervin.email Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
My cable has plugs for both ports.
On 19/07/2022 20:35 EDT K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
So far, I have had no luck, I have some cables that came with one of my cables that might work for a cloning cable. Would the cloning happen on the smaller port or the larger port?
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:55 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
I have a cable that I can unplug from the USB and connect another cable, but I just looked at and it is also a male that goes into the USB part, and the three single cables that came with the set are male at both ends, so there's no way to join them. My cable kit also came with two two pin plugs, and only one of those fit the Baofengs, and that is what I was using. I was just looking in the BF F9u+ manual and it mentioned cloning from one to the other, but I only have a UV5R to clone from, and it might not be good to clone between different models anyway. I thought I'd look for some Baofeng software, but I don't find a download link on their site, maybe their site isn't screenreader friendly. Glenn
If you have a programming cable that works for your UV-5R, then the same programming cable will work for the BF-F9. The fit and finish of these radios are not the best so it is common for the 2 pins of the cable to not fully insert and fully make contact with the 2 holes of the socket. Sometimes you have to press on the plug (sometimes really hard) during the cloning process to make full contact.
You can get the OEM software from the miklor.com website. Here's a link to the page: https://www.miklor.com/F8HP/F8HP-Software.php
It is saved in .RAR format so you may need a file archival program that supports *.rar files (but you should be OK if you are using Ubuntu to download and extract the file). But the OEM software will only run on Windows and I don't think Windows supports *.rar files. I use 7-zip as my utility to handle ZIP, TAR, RAR, etc archive files.
But no programming software can work until you provide a working connection between the computer and radio.
Jim KC9HI
Thank you much for the link Jim. On pressing it tight, I have strong hands, and if I squeeze it any harder, I might break the radio. I have programmed this particular radio before. For some reason, all the memories disappeared, but I was planning on reprogramming it anyway, I might have done something in the semi usable menus for the Blind when trying to set something else, but the full reset should have fixed whatever I could have messed up. Strange I could do one and moments later not be able to do the other radio. Oh well, maybe the Baofeng software you linked me to will do something, and then maybe it will work with Chirp after that. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Unroe" rock.unroe@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:55 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
I have a cable that I can unplug from the USB and connect another cable, but I just looked at and it is also a male that goes into the USB part, and the three single cables that came with the set are male at both ends, so there's no way to join them. My cable kit also came with two two pin plugs, and only one of those fit the Baofengs, and that is what I was using. I was just looking in the BF F9u+ manual and it mentioned cloning from one to the other, but I only have a UV5R to clone from, and it might not be good to clone between different models anyway. I thought I'd look for some Baofeng software, but I don't find a download link on their site, maybe their site isn't screenreader friendly. Glenn
If you have a programming cable that works for your UV-5R, then the same programming cable will work for the BF-F9. The fit and finish of these radios are not the best so it is common for the 2 pins of the cable to not fully insert and fully make contact with the 2 holes of the socket. Sometimes you have to press on the plug (sometimes really hard) during the cloning process to make full contact.
You can get the OEM software from the miklor.com website. Here's a link to the page: https://www.miklor.com/F8HP/F8HP-Software.php
It is saved in .RAR format so you may need a file archival program that supports *.rar files (but you should be OK if you are using Ubuntu to download and extract the file). But the OEM software will only run on Windows and I don't think Windows supports *.rar files. I use 7-zip as my utility to handle ZIP, TAR, RAR, etc archive files.
But no programming software can work until you provide a working connection between the computer and radio.
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Well I was able to read and write to this BF F9 with the software link you sent, but it needs a .DAT file to import, so it looks like my Chirp CSV won't work. Now to figure out why Chirp doesn't work. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Unroe" rock.unroe@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:55 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
I have a cable that I can unplug from the USB and connect another cable, but I just looked at and it is also a male that goes into the USB part, and the three single cables that came with the set are male at both ends, so there's no way to join them. My cable kit also came with two two pin plugs, and only one of those fit the Baofengs, and that is what I was using. I was just looking in the BF F9u+ manual and it mentioned cloning from one to the other, but I only have a UV5R to clone from, and it might not be good to clone between different models anyway. I thought I'd look for some Baofeng software, but I don't find a download link on their site, maybe their site isn't screenreader friendly. Glenn
If you have a programming cable that works for your UV-5R, then the same programming cable will work for the BF-F9. The fit and finish of these radios are not the best so it is common for the 2 pins of the cable to not fully insert and fully make contact with the 2 holes of the socket. Sometimes you have to press on the plug (sometimes really hard) during the cloning process to make full contact.
You can get the OEM software from the miklor.com website. Here's a link to the page: https://www.miklor.com/F8HP/F8HP-Software.php
It is saved in .RAR format so you may need a file archival program that supports *.rar files (but you should be OK if you are using Ubuntu to download and extract the file). But the OEM software will only run on Windows and I don't think Windows supports *.rar files. I use 7-zip as my utility to handle ZIP, TAR, RAR, etc archive files.
But no programming software can work until you provide a working connection between the computer and radio.
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Well, guess what! I used the software from the miklor.com website and changed some of the settings and uploaded the changes, and then I was able to download and upload with Chirp. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Unroe" rock.unroe@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:55 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
I have a cable that I can unplug from the USB and connect another cable, but I just looked at and it is also a male that goes into the USB part, and the three single cables that came with the set are male at both ends, so there's no way to join them. My cable kit also came with two two pin plugs, and only one of those fit the Baofengs, and that is what I was using. I was just looking in the BF F9u+ manual and it mentioned cloning from one to the other, but I only have a UV5R to clone from, and it might not be good to clone between different models anyway. I thought I'd look for some Baofeng software, but I don't find a download link on their site, maybe their site isn't screenreader friendly. Glenn
If you have a programming cable that works for your UV-5R, then the same programming cable will work for the BF-F9. The fit and finish of these radios are not the best so it is common for the 2 pins of the cable to not fully insert and fully make contact with the 2 holes of the socket. Sometimes you have to press on the plug (sometimes really hard) during the cloning process to make full contact.
You can get the OEM software from the miklor.com website. Here's a link to the page: https://www.miklor.com/F8HP/F8HP-Software.php
It is saved in .RAR format so you may need a file archival program that supports *.rar files (but you should be OK if you are using Ubuntu to download and extract the file). But the OEM software will only run on Windows and I don't think Windows supports *.rar files. I use 7-zip as my utility to handle ZIP, TAR, RAR, etc archive files.
But no programming software can work until you provide a working connection between the computer and radio.
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to K0LNY at glenn@ervin.email To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com To report this email as off-topic, please email chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:37 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
So far, I have had no luck, I have some cables that came with one of my cables that might work for a cloning cable. Would the cloning happen on the smaller port or the larger port?
The correct programming cable has 2 pins. Both 3.5mm and 2.5mm ports are used.
Jim KC9HI
My radio works though, I punched in the national simplex and it comes through on the UV5R fine.
Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Unroe" rock.unroe@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 6:23 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions.
Glenn
The Baofeng BF-F9{tack on any additional letters/numbers/symbols as needed} is a Baofeng BF-F8HP variant (basically a UV-5R with 3 TX power levels). So assuming that you have a working CHIRP installation and a working programming cable, you would make the following selections to program it with CHIRP:
Port: {match what was as assigned by your operating system} Vendor: Baofeng Model: BF-F8HP
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to K0LNY at glenn@ervin.email To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com To report this email as off-topic, please email chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com
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