Just bought the UV-17 Pro Max and can't get it to be recognized with the CHIRP programming software I downloaded. I'm using a UV-17 version that doesn't say UV-17 Pro Max specifically.

Any suggestions?

Thanks - Bill N6GHz

Are there any Chinese mobile VHF/UHF dualband radios that let you store crossband memories, like where you receive on 70cm and transmit on 2m?? The Baofeng HTs lets you do this-finally figured out how on the UV82, but in viewing a few manuals for the mobile radios I can't seem to find any mention of this.? Would like something with a little higher power than the HTs to use on the FM satellites without spending a lot of money.

This would almost seem necessary if you wanted to use one of these on the FM satellites in half duplex mode.

73 John AF5CC

Unfortunately I don't have a programming cable for the Baofeng.?? Did get a Tidradio ht the other day and can program split frequency memories in it using ODMASTER.??It will connect with the radio using Bluetooth

73 John AF5CC

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John . . .


On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:53:08 -0700, "John Geiger AF5CC via "
<Af5cc1=[email protected]> wrote:

>Will using CHIRP to program it allow me to store crossband memories in it, like where it receives on 437.810 and transmits on 145,990?

If you get no responses here, you may want to be the pioneer here and try it and
see, then let us know if it worked.

If you don't find CHIRP supports your particular radio, you might check RT
Systems and see if they have software that works for your model. It's a bit
easier to use than CHIRP and supports more models than CHIRP does, but it isn't
free.

The Chinese HT makers have come out with so many different models and variations
that it's no surprise that CHIRP can't keep up on a low-budget operation and
offering it for "free" to hams.


Donald KX8K



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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Stefano,

Are you trying to install the driver for the cable chipset? There are three
different chipsets I am aware of: Prolific, FTDI, or a third one CH-340. There
are fake Prolific cables out there that the driver won't recognize, so that
could be the source of the problem.

If you have the FTDI cable, the drivers should work. The third type needs its
own specific driver but Windows may have that built into the operating system.

So if you're installing the wrong driver for your cable, it won't work, and if
you are installing the Prolific driver for a Prolific chipset cable, it may not
work if the cable is a knock-off of the real thing.

I don't know if this will point you in the right direction for a solution, but
these things came to mind.

This cable should work:




It says Windows will usually recognize the cable and use it's built-in driver,
but it does come with a mini-CDROM with the driver software if it's needed. It's
sold in the Amazon Baofeng store.

You also have the ability to program the radio from the front panel, but it's a
lot of work.


Donald KX8K



On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 07:27:39 -0700, "Stefano Donati, IV3IPS - II3O"
<iv3ips@...> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have tried every possible way to install the drivers downloaded first from the official Baofeng page and then from but without success.
>I have tried all the usb ports but it is not recognized.? Radio arrived with its programming usb cable. The PC has no problem with the ports, the problem is the drivers. In the drivers package there are 3 executable files that do not work because it seems not compatible with Windows 10, I tried to run them also in XP or WIN7 compatibility mode but without success.
>
>I don't know what to do anymore, the radio so obviously unusable.
>


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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM? ?/g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp? ? /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP?