

If anyone spots the software for this radio - let me know ASAP, please? I hate having a useless radio I cannot use. Look them up on eBay - you will find them just by searching out the BF-U1. Most eBay sellers would bust their butts to satisfy you, but the sellers that push the BF-U1 seem to not care about the misrepresentation of the ad they portray. I imagine that there are a lot of unhappy Ham owners out there, unhappy enough to burn the ears off these sellers but the sellers do not withdraw the ad that they have on eBay now. The cable to work with your system's default drivers. USB driver, frequency adjustments and more. About a year ago i purchased a baofeng uv-5r as my first dual-band handheld radio. Software suit for transceivers- BaoFeng, HYT, KENWOOD, MOTOROLA, YAESU.

Rt systems cables are not recommended for use with chirp. Baofeng 888s Programming Software Download. Already, thousands of these radios have been sold (according to another post here). How To Program the BaoFeng UV5R or BF-F8HP in CHIRP. Do not buy the Baofeng BF-U1 until the software support comes out. Until CHIRP or Baofeng comes out with software support for the Baofeng BF-U1, the radio is useless. The BF-888xx model is the better buy and practically no risk, but carry a list of frequencies with you to get the right memory space for the right channel with no "guessing". You also get a software programmed radio only. You remove the keypad, the LCD screen and you do get a cheaper H-T. I've been after eBay to remove those ads that promote the Baofeng BF-U1. See, this is no attack on most eBay sellers, just the ones that advertise the BF-U1 as a dual band inexpensive H-T.
