[PPRAANet] Need to borrow

[George-KD0DQR]

Hi, Dick and all.
I have a BaoFeng UV-5RA HT that I bought a few weeks ago along with the 
programming cable and a whip antenna.
I use the CHIRP software (http://chirp.danplanet.com) to program my HT 
and it works well.  To test the system (computer, software, cable, and 
HT), I suggest using the CHIRP Live CD which is included in a Linux 
distribution.  The reason I tried that first is that when you boot up 
the CD, the image is loaded into memory only.  There are no disk 
accesses unless you explicitly mount a disk partition which makes this 
method virtually foolproof (myself, included.)  If you want to keep an 
image of his setup, you can mount a USB thumbdrive and save the image 
and CSV (comma-separated variables)  files.  The CSV file is handy 
because you can import the file into Excel (or the like) and after 
tweaking column widths, et cetera, you can print out the configuration 
for ready reference.
Bob, K0NR, said previously that the Wouxun cable works on the BaoFeng 
HT.  We can meet up and try out the software on a laptop using my cable 
or your cable to verify compatibility.  I can give you my live CD and 
let you play with it.
I am busy on weekends so I won't be able to hookup until Monday at the 
earliest.  I can give you a ring tomorrow morning to arrange a contact.
For some unknown reason, I can't hit the CS repeaters, only the ones 
west of Denver.  (I suspect that the repeaters are sending their energy 
from Monument to the south although I can see the Peak from my chair 
here in Castle Rock.
Best,
George / KD0DQR



On 3/2/2013 10:15 AM, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
> Hi guys/gals.  I need some help.
>
> A friend of mine is getting one of the new BAOFENG (Sp?) HT's.  He 
> cannot afford to
> buy the programming software for it, and I am hoping that somebody in 
> the club can
> help.
>
> I won't mention any names, but he has been diagnosed with bladder 
> cancer that is
> allegedly not curable.
>
> I would like to borrow a programming cable and the software to program 
> it for him with
> the local repeater frequencies on 2m & 70 CM.
>
> The radio is going to be delivered here to my QTH on Tuesday and he is 
> going into the
> hospital for further tests on Tuesday.  When he is done with those 
> tests he will most
> likely come by my QTH to pick up the HT.
>
> The model of the radio is:
> BaoFeng UV-5R 136-174/400-480 MHz Dual-Band DTMF CTCSS DCS FM Ham Two 
> Way Radio.
>
> Can anybody in the club help me with this?  I will be more than happy 
> to come to your QTH
> to pick up the software & cable and then return it when I'm done.  If 
> I could pick it up over this
> weekend or on Monday, that would be ideal.
>
> I have a Wouxun HT but I don't think the programming software and 
> cable I have for it will
> work with the Baofeng radio.
>
> 73 & hope to hear from somebody.  Thanks.
>
> Dick - W0RAA
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