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Highlights

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Quality


The cable is well-built and durable, ensuring a reliable connection between your radio and computer.


The new cable is well-built and i found it easy to program my baofeng rm5 radios with it.


Wiggle) which cause the connector to be inserted at a tiny angle, thus, full electrical connection is not made.


All you have to do it program it with this cable under the uv-17pro in chirp and it transfered everything the first try!

Price


For the price, i'm happy, and this cable is now part of my backup ht's mini go-kit.


After trying others, this works great at a good price.


They just aren't worth the headache to save a couple of dollars.


I am not sure how long it will last, but it was not expensive.

Packaging/appearance


The package comes with a cd/drivers, but i did not use the cd.

Competitiveness


I used this cable to program two different baofeng radios and it worked great with chirp.


I have also not found any compatibility issues when using this cable with radios from other manufacturers as long as they also ...  Read More


I have another programming cable with the ftdi chipset that worked both applications - however, it cost 3 times as much as this cable.


The baofeng software is a little non-intuitive but there is an open source software called chirp that is much better.

Overview

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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 973 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 17 2024.

Helpful InsightsBETA

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Works fine with chirp i did not try the included software on the mini disc


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Was going to get this programming cable from another source for 4 times as much before check on amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This cable lets you program your amateur radio transceiver by using your computer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You will also need software like chirp


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This cable is more than a normal usb cable


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Have to make sure its plugged into the radio


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Needs to snap into place pretty hard


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    First time had to press very hard to properly seat connector

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