Review on 💻 Baofeng Programming Cable for UV-5R/5RA/5R Plus/5RE, UV3R Plus, BF-888S & GA-2S: Perfect for Easy Programming! by Ben Chase

After reading the review of this cable I realized that whether I get a working cable or not it will be a hit or miss call for hassle free returns I will be calling them shortly to arrange said return. My radio is Bao UV-5r, I already have the Chirp software on board as everyone else has recommended (because the Bao software is rubbish) I was very happy to get this cable and play with it as I have it with the same purchase bought a genuine Nagoya NA-771 15.6" VHF/UHF (144/430MHz) SMA Female Whip Antenna for AnyTone, BaoFeng and Yaesu to boost that signal. Anyway, here's what happened got the order, tried to connect the cable my win10 (64bit) machine had bad luck (g Estimated) Went to Miklor to download prol drivers That worked (great site btw), all connected and installed. The device still does not recognize this cable. I've been trying to play around with it for 3 hours with no progress. I thought - well, this is my Win10 (64bit) machine. Tried on Win7 machine (64bit) - same result. Then it dawned on me, maybe it's 64-bit encryption? I've tried the whole process again on a Win7 (32 bit) machine with Chirp software, Prolific drivers etc etc, NO LUCK. At this point I'm frustrated, I called the fuse, for me cable cable should it be like installing a printer? Download the driver, point the driver to the right place, and you're good to go. No it's not. Maybe I'm missing something here, maybe it's the cable, I'm not sure. I'll be returning it and going with the original BTECH PC03 FTDI USB Programming Cable for BTECH, BaoFeng, Kenwood and AnyTone Radio as it feels like a true plug and play option. I'd rather pay a little more so as not to waste so much time fumbling with a cable that hit or didn't hit. I am very disappointed in my purchase and would like to find plug and play first.