To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:
Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity.
If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request.
To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.
The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.
For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).
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i got the baofeng uv 5r 2 days ago,, was working fine untill today, i was testing and reception is very good, but thas not trans. any clue, is this hapened b4, or just the ht broke, thanks
Infant mortality. It happens. Hopefully, you bought it from a US based distributor who will stand behind what they sell. If you did not, it won't be worth it to send it to China for exchange. If the second circumstance is the case, time to drop another $40 with a US seller.
i got the baofeng uv 5r 2 days ago,, was working fine untill today, i was testing and reception is very good, but thas not trans. any clue, is this hapened b4, or just the ht broke, thanks
Boy, this is like saying my vehicle engine stopped working and what is the problem. How do you know it isn't transmitting? What frequencies are you using? Is the repeater offset set properly? A lot more information may get you more answers. These CCR should not be used by inexperienced users until they have a good understanding of how to program correctly and what frequencies they can legally use.