Unable to program Baofeng UV-8R - HELP!

[jasonlion54]

Hi, new to this forum and fairly inexperienced with programming radios. I have some Baofeng UV-5R radios and Baofeng 888S radios that I've been able to program without too much trouble. Recently I purchased two new radios from Amazon, the Baofeng UV-8R. I wanted them for the higher transmit power and the ability to monitor two frequencies at once. But I'm having trouble programming them with CHIRP.

One of the radios I've finally gotten to work. The latest CHIRP build doesn't have a menu option to download or upload with the UV-8R, but when I selected the UV-82HP, it worked fine. I downloaded the settings from the radio, imported the Marine VHF stock config, uploaded it to the radio, and it tests out fine.

But the second radio doesn't work. It seems to be a firmware issue. When I try to download from it, selecting UV-82HP from the drop down menu, I get the error message "Incorrect 'Model' selected." When I try to upload to the radio, I get the error message "The upload was stopped because the firmware version of the image (XXXXXXXXXXXXXX) does not match that of the radio (N5R2407BFB297 ).
(See error here: https://imgur.com/a/rNf0o I think the X boxes are chinese characters that my computer doesn't recognize)

So now I'm stuck. Is there a patch or update to CHIRP that will upload to this radio? Or is there a way to change the firmware on the Baofeng? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[jasonlion54]

Bumping this thread up again. Hope that's OK. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[n9mxq]

Download an image from the problem radio and save it. Then import the freqs from another file and upload.. should fix the issue.

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[jasonlion54]

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, CHIRP doesn't have a drop-down option for the UV-8R when downloading an image from the radio. The UV-82HP selection worked for one of my radios, but the other one sends the error message "Incorrect Model selected" when I try to download from it.

Is there another program besides CHIRP I could try using?

 

[n9mxq]

Probably only the one Baofeng makes.

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[jasonlion54]

I'm unable to get the Baofeng software to connect to my radios as well.

 

[baofengamateur]

Make sure you have the latest daily build from Chirp.

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[photosbyhe]

Solution

Use Latest chirp software. Read from Baofeng "UV-82" Radio and it should work.

 

[CCRS53]

Programming help

I've had some of the Baofeng models act strange with them not existing in CHIRP. There are two tri power radios, the UV-82 HP, and the BF-F8HP. If one doesn't work, then the other might.

 

[KXJ7011]

UV-8R Tripower CHIRP programing

I got a HeSenate UV-8R ----- 8 watt TRIPOWER radio today (8Watt 4Watt 1Watt)
I programmed it using CHIRP
To get it to work on Tripower I told CHIRP it was a Baofeng Model BF-F8HP
That worked fine
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I opened my .img file from my Btech UV-5r 4 watt radio, started with memory 1, selected down to the last full memory channel

Switched to the BF-F8HP .img file and pasted starting at memory 1 (not 0) ALL
File Save ,.... then had to change power a few at a time from med (4 watt) to High (8 watt) on the ones I needed more power
Save
Write/upload to radio
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That worked well
Hope it helps