CHIRP

Hi Peter,

The most likely cause of trouble is that you do not have a working connection between the programming cable and radio. This is very likely if you have a certain kind of programming cable.

The style as depicted in "MayNeedModifiedToFitProperly.jpg" has the shell extend out past the surface where the pins stick out of and contacts the boss of the radio's case. This contact can force the pins to be not in line with the proper pads on the radio. To get this type of programming cable to work I have had to modify them with a file in a manner that let the pins line up with the correct pads.

The style as depicted in "ShouldWorkAs-Is.jpg" has a shell that does not extend past the surface where the pins stick out of. This allows the programming cable to easily line up correctly with the pads of the radio.

You can easily confirm that this is the issue by trying the OEM programming software. If it fails, too, it would confirm that this is not a CHIRP issue because no programming software can function without a working connection between the computer and radio.

Jim KC9HI

James Crolllie wrote in #note-7:

I ordered a new programming cable from another supplier and despite visually looking exactly the same (inc both having Baofeng printed on them) as the one that did not work this one worked perfectly. I retested the old cable which still did not work so that went in the bin.

Thank you for the followup feedback.

Jim KC9HI