Is there anyone in the South Central Pennsylvania area that is able to reprogram a pair of 888s radios for me ?
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Baofeng 888s plus
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Have you tried CHIRP?
I don't have a cable to do the programming
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No, but for that price...well. Honestly, I recommend spending another $5 and buying it from a US seller, it's going to take a month to get it from China.
Shards
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I had a chance to pick up a pair of these for $10, so I did. I have not been able to program them with Chirp - they refuse to go into programming mode.
VT-V68 did work… I found out you have to hold the flashlight button down when you download from the radio… but it’s missing some DCS tones, including the ones that I need.
So I tried the specific 888S program, and it seemed to be working, until I unplugged the radio and found out that, in spite of the program telling me otherwise, the data never filled to the radio. So, I’m still trying to get it sorted out.
VT-V68 did work… I found out you have to hold the flashlight button down when you download from the radio… but it’s missing some DCS tones, including the ones that I need.
So I tried the specific 888S program, and it seemed to be working, until I unplugged the radio and found out that, in spite of the program telling me otherwise, the data never filled to the radio. So, I’m still trying to get it sorted out.
Bob1955
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You need that cable to do the programming. I got my cable FREE from Radioditty for simply writing a good review on Amazon.com but had a friend program the Baofeng GT-5TP on CHIRP. We set it up on my Dell 2320 computer and he took it over from Maryland. I would NOT buy it direct from China but rather Amazon.
Just be aware that with the 888s, if you scan your channels with it, if any of the systems are programmed for a PL decode of 136.5 or below, the squelch won't open when scanning. (it's been awhile, it might be 131.8)
It's a bug that I thought got fixed, but some recent units had the issue. Good to check (take it out of scan and sit on the channel) and see. Maybe mine were new old stock.
It's a bug that I thought got fixed, but some recent units had the issue. Good to check (take it out of scan and sit on the channel) and see. Maybe mine were new old stock.
I haven't tried the scan feature yet . Do I need to leave channel 16 empty as I've read ?
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