Various sellers advertised different power ratings. When I was buying mine, the claimed power was 8W, but the box said 5W, and the radio itself has 8W on the sticker. I was very skeptical about the claimed power output. Baofeng Programming with CHIRP (UV-5R and BF-F8HP)Īny comment on this. I tested the output of the uv9r plus,which should be 15 w,the output was only 4 watts. UV-9R Plus and I may have to try another cable. This is not the case with the UV-9R Plus. As everyone suggested, and similar to my experience with other Baofeng radios, as soon as CHIRP was asked to download the config, the UV-9R Plus went into clone mode and worked perfectly. After sharing my issue with Mark bluemax49ershe special ordered a radio from China and was able to confirm a working cable design. As it turns out, not all UV-9R Plus cables are created equal.
Loaded three of my UV9R plus radios watt and watt and it worked flawlessly ……thanks for the heads up…….
If it shows a yellow warning at the beginning of the cable description the cords drivers will have to be updated, so click on the cord that came up and a box will come up that will allow you to update drivers…. However, proceed at your own risk! Programming Baofeng UV-9R through communication cableĪll you have to do to get the program to see what com is used is to:- Open device manager on your computer and with this open plug in the cable you want to use……. After installation, it launches with all-Chinese interface, which on my Windows installation resulted in question marks for all menu names and menu items.ĭo not worry - there is English interface available, to switch to it, click on the second-last menu and select English from the drop-down. There are two ways to connect to the radio.
It took me some time to figure it out, and here is a summary.
The driver installs no problem at all, i currently have prolific 3.I bought a couple of Baofeng UV-9R radios with a computer communication cable, but I could not find instructions on how to program the radios from a computer. Bogget PS if you want me to ring you and talk you through it its not a problem PM me your number. When you have it working let me know and we will give you the next stage.
If you dont have this working first you will never program your radio no matter what radio software you have.
If it is installed OK you will have and extra entry in your "device manager" window under Ports you will see your "Prolific serial usb to com port" and its number if its there make a note of its number as you will need this soon if its not there srat again and reinstall your driver for your USB lead you need this information and it working before you do anything else. Iv tried lots of different drivers, different radio software, bought a second cable, tried on 3 laptops and no luck!Īny ideas on what to do next? Where do you live, what cables did you try, what freqs are you trying to program ect. Licence free two-way radio services that now includes both FM and digital channels. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website. Ad blocker detected: Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.