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Description of πŸ“» Enhance Your Communication with Authentic Amcrest Baofeng Programing Radios

100% Authentic and Genuine FTDI chipset. No setup required!. Plug and Play with latest Windows and Mac systems!. 2 Pin KPG-22 Connector. Made by Amcrest – Industry leader in Quality Products!.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great cable but beware of chirp issues.

The cable worked perfectly. Initially I had some trouble getting my Mac to recognize the radio. The Chirp application failed to connect even though the computer recognized the USB port. After some experimentation, I found that the problem lies in the connection procedure recommended by the application. I always got a connection by plugging the radio and cable together, then turning on the radio, then plugging in the USB port. After that no problem.

Pros
  • No setup required!
Cons
  • I don't remember but there was something

Revainrating 4 out of 5

It fits USB cables

Not sure if I can make a mistake with the cable or not but I couldn't get the cable to work bring windows machine. I've tried it on both a Win7 computer and a Win10 computer using every possible driver I could find online to no avail. I borrowed a MacBook Pro and after carefully installing the Mac drivers and CHIRP software I was able to contact my radios and update the frequencies on both Baefeng UV-5R radios. I don't know what the problem is: cables, drivers, CHIRP program, my two different…

Pros
  • 2 pin KPG-22 male
Cons
  • The cable is shorter than the others

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Amcrest FTDI Programming Cable Baofeng

Wednesday October 2018 I bought this cable after many Baofeng radio owners said they prefer more expensive cables to cheaper cables. My experience was interesting, many owners of such cables stated that "they just work with Linux without additional software and support". (except Chirp) and to be honest as a Linux user I was drawn to this product. Long story short, it didn't work with Chirp on Linux, even after updating to the latest version of Chirp. I even downloaded and created a Chirp Live…

Pros
  • Manufactured by Amcrest - the industry leader for quality products!
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  • No automatically