Since this cable works well with the Chirp software, will it work with the Baofeng software as well; the former being easily available for download and the latter already on my computer..
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Yes. They Baofeng software (as all radio programming software) is looking for a serial port that the operating system knows about and using the OS calls to read and write data. The FTDI chip in this cable is genuine and the FTDI has drivers for all operating systems including all versions of windows you are likely to use. The Baofeng software will see the cable as a COM port and be good to go (I have tried it - it works). Beware of many of the Chinese programming cables. They use an unauthorized copy of the Prolific USB to serial chip and Prolific has changed their drivers to disable those counterfeit chips. You may have a difficult time getting these cables to work with current versions of Windows. Yes. They Baofeng software (as all radio programming software) is looking for a serial port that the operating system knows about and using the OS calls to read and write data. The FTDI chip in this cable is genuine and the FTDI has drivers for all operating systems including all versions of windows you are likely to use. The Baofeng software will see the cable as a COM port and be good to go (I have tried it - it works). Beware of many of the Chinese programming cables. They use an unauthorized copy of the Prolific USB to serial chip and Prolific has changed their drivers to disable those... » Read More Yes. They Baofeng software (as all radio programming software) is looking for a serial port that the operating system knows about and using the OS calls to read and write data. The FTDI chip in this cable is genuine and the FTDI has drivers for all operating systems including all versions of windows you are likely to use. The Baofeng software will see the cable as a COM port and be good to go (I have tried it - it works). Beware of many of the Chinese programming cables. They use an unauthorized copy of the Prolific USB to serial chip and Prolific has changed their drivers to disable those counterfeit chips. You may have a difficult time getting these cables to work with current versions of Windows. « Show Less
855822
Works just fine with Baofeng software. Let the cable install itself, do not use any USB cable drivers provided by Baofeng. Basically it will work with any programming software since the cable simply uses a USB-serial adapter. You choose the correct serial port inside the programming software, and you are good to go.
855823
Yes. That was specifically why I bought this cable. I have several Baofeng radios and this cable works with the default software. As a bonus it works with Kenwood radios as well.
855824
I have had no problems with either software. The cable works well with both. I hope this helps!
855825
It does both. Although I don't know why would would ever want to use it with CHIRP available
855826
I have that cable and it works well with the Baofeng software but the right driver was a problem, a friend of mine that is tuned into to this set it up for me, as I can tell that is going to be the biggest problem.
855827
I've purchased two of these and neither one work with any software. I would not recommend this cable to anyone for any reason.
1404529
The one I purchased did come with a programming cable. However, I have had difficulties with the software drivers working with the cable. Seems that the software was designed for one cable, but that many of the radios have a generic cable with them. Sometimes the driver for the cable doesn't want to recognize the COM port. After several attempts I did get it to work but don't really know what I did different to make it work. Other than that and a lousy instruction booklet the radio works great. I've had some very good signal reports with it. Good for the money invested. I hope you are able to find a cable for it. Try this link: http://www.wouxun.us/item.php?item_id=314&category_id=69 This should be what you need if this is the correct model.
2124736
yes. this is the cable that I bought for my Baofeng and it works just fine.
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Here's a couple of web pages that might be useful in answer to your question.http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?374064-Baofeng-UV-5R-modelshttp://www.miklor.com/uv5r/
626265
Yes. But you might need the assistance of a ham radio operator if you are not familiar with programming radios.Chirp is a software package. You do not need it if you are just programming a couple of channels.
1991563
It came with a disk that had the drivers on it, however none of them worked with my HP computer running Win7. I went to the net to find one that did. It did NOT have the programming software on it for the Baofeng UV-5R so I went to the Baofeng website and downloaded the program "UV5R_64ON.exe" which serves the purpose. Another website is http://www.miklor.com. It has all kinds of info on it. One other program to use is"CHIRP". It is also a free download.I hope this helps.Bob
1991562
I had excellent results with this cable using CHIRP open-source freeware from http://chirp.danplanet.com/ It's constantly updated and very nicely designed.
1274354
No the software that comes with it is terrible. The cable works but software is not adequate for full diagnostic.
771904
Baofeng have a male SMA, and the antenna is a female SMA. So it will work. It also works on Puxing.
172237
I use Chirp, and my computer runs on Linux. I use Linux because my experience with windoze of any flavor is always frustrating and seemingly designed to be that way. I had no problem with this cable, and after repairing the manufacturing defects, the cheaper cable worked fine also, but the plug had to be sliced open to solder one of the wires to the plug at the radio end, then glued back together.
1676649
I have no personal experience with either of those models, but Baofeng hasn't changed this since the UV-2, so I would guess it would be fine. In any case, it's not a big investment...
842312
An aftermarket cable does with this radio just make sure you use the rolled back driver for the chinese non oem cables chirp has very limited coverage for it so i use the free kenwood software downloadable on their support site
231010
I bought this cable and it works great with my Baofeng and my kenwood it does have the FTDI Chipset.
906138
There is a USB adapter shown in the frequently bought together section under this radio. I bought one, and it works fine. Baofeng USB Programming Cable for Baofeng Two way Radio UV-5R, BF-888S,BF-F8+ With Driver CD
2007589
The software that comes with the cable is pretty simple. The problem with a program that would autopopulate the radio is you probably wouldn't be in range of the stations. You should look up frequencys
93670
You can program the BaoFeng UV-3R to use offsets for repeaters. You might use CHIRP or the BaoFeng software. Either should work. The programing cable maybe purchased from Amazon.com for around $10.00.Since it is a Dual band (2m and 70cm) the offset will be different. 2m will be +-600khz and 70cm will be -5Mhz. The only real limitation is the number of memory channels. Hope this answers your question.
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This cable will allow you to program your Baofeng UV-5R with your computer. Programming can be done by the keypad, but it is much quicker and easier to use one of the free software programs and a computer to do it.