This Miklor web page does a good job of explaining the driver problem and giving some helpful advice.
It appears that many of the cheap Baofeng USB programming cables use a clone of the Prolific PL-2303 chip that is not supported by the latest Windows driver. The really gnarly problem that usually surfaces is getting the programming cable to work. Of course, the solution is “use the programming software” which is often helpful (and often not). See my postings or check out PD0AC’s blog for more information.Īlso very frequently, the new owner of such a radio finds that they cannot figure out how to program it. At prices less than $50, radio amateurs (including veterans and newbies) are scarfing up these radios. The various models of Baofeng handheld transceivers keep popping up everywhere.
