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Finally got mine
My UV-5R showed up on Saturday the 7th, after some delay due to what sounds like supply issues. Nice little radio--much sturdier than I expected. Programming manually was a little odd, but I got it worked out. I haven't tried the programming software yet (the disc that came...
Regarding Prolific, also found this...
G4ILO has some interesting info about cables coming from China, in case anyone else has trouble like PEMC.
G4ILO's Blog: Prolific problems
PEMC:
Try setting the port number to a lower number. My memory is hazy on this, but I recall running into issues with prolific USB-to-serial unless the COM port was <10. Just get properties on the port in device manager, click the port settings tab, and click the Advanced button. You should see...
Where to buy?
New to this forum... not sure how I never ran across it before.
Anyway, I'm very interested in purchasing one of these. I have a couple of HTs already, but this is so cheap it might be fun to play with. I'm just curious where you guys are buying this from.
I found it listed...
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