RT systems makes great programming software, yes not "freeware" but it works and also ties to the ARRL Repeater cd and Rfinder seamlessly. I use several of their discs and have not had any problems.

Jock  KC6IIH Sent from Samsung tabletMilton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:Maybe a year ago when I used Chirp with my VX5 I had to select from the menu "Alternative Write Strategy." Now because of my memory loss that could have been another program like VX5 Commander but still it illustrates that in  some cases the software needed an alternative method to write to the VX5.  Sorry I can't help more, maybe try VX5 Commander, I think you can use it for free for 15 days.

From: John Smale jsmale859@msn.com To: "chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 8:59 PM Subject: [chirp_users] yaesu vx5r

I have been trying to program a VX5R with no success, I have tried 2 different types of USB cables and 2 different types of programs, chirp being one of them.        I am able to read from the radio but when I go to write to the radio I get a comm error message.        Has anyone else run into this problem?   73 John K2IZ

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