BAOFENGProgramming Cable for BAOFENG UV-5R/5RA/5R Plus/5RE, UV3R Plus, BF-888S, 5R EX, 5RX3, GA-2S

Perfect fit and function. I used this with ( Chirp ) software and it was spot on. a must have for those chinese radios.

Used this to reprogram my BF-888s radios. Cheaper than the other cables on Amazon. Came with a mini-CD that I didn't bother to use.

Works well even after like five years. Never had any issues with the cable or the chip inside. This will work for programming your analog radio. I use mine to connect Baofeng HTs to my PC running CHIRP for programming. I’ve also used it to connect a TYT quad-band mobile unit to my PC with no issues. Buy it.

Worked well, didn't have to install drivers with the new chirp and a uv5r

I had very little trouble getting this cable to work. Had I heeded the advice to toss the included CD and download everything from miklor dot com (or the CHIRP site) I would have had less trouble.NOTE: For those of you who are familiar with serial communications (and perhaps some that are not) it may help to know that the cable is just a USB to Serial adapter. The driver install is all about the cable, NOT the radio. You do not need to use the radio while you are getting the cable installed and working. The CHIRP software will handle the communications to the radio once the cable is working. If you install the cable driver and the cable is plugged in, look in Device Manager. If you do NOT have a yellow triangle (or any other warning) on the Prolific USB to Serial port in Device Manager, you SHOULD be good to go.Here's the short version for the ADD folks ;-)Toss the included CD, download the Prolific driver from Miklor dot com, install the driver and plug in the cable. Make a note of what COM port is assigned to the cable. Download the latest daily build of CHIRP. Enjoy!Here's the details of what I did. This may help some of you who tried the included CD first like I did.(just in case you don't know... you can open up Device Manager by right clicking on Computer and then opening Device Manager)1. I tried installing the Vista driver from the included CD which included plugging the cable into the laptop and radio. It failed (yellow triangle in Device Manager).2. I installed the latest daily build of CHIRP (this didn't help my cable problem, but it didn't hurt anything either). If I was doing this all over again I would probably wait until the cable was working before I installed CHIRP. I really don't think it matters much when you install CHIRP.3. I removed the driver from Device Manager, I checked the Uninstall Driver box.(I would recommend you skip steps 1 & 3)4. I un-plugged the cable from the radio and the laptop.5. I downloaded the Prolific 3.2.0.0 driver from Miklor.6. I installed the Prolific 3.2.0.0 driver.7. I plugged the cable into the laptop, Windows recognized it and installed the device (cable) successfully.(BTW: it assigned COM5 to the cable, you will need to know this later)8. I opened up CHIRP.9. With the radio turned off I plugged the cable into the radio.10. I turned on the radio.11. I downloaded the data from the radio (Radio --> Download from radio). I got a dialog box asking for settings. I set the COM Port to match the cable (COM5). I set the Vendor to Baofeng and the Model to UV5R and clicked OK.12. I got the Cloning Progress box with progress bar. When that was done I got the CHIRP spreadsheet view. I was able to edit the config and Save it as a file. (I saved a backup of the default config before I made any changes).13. I uploaded the data back to the radio (Radio --> Upload to radio).14. I got the Cloning Progress box again. When that was done I unplugged the radio.That's it!BTW: I tried the Import from Repeater Book and I was impressed at how well it worked. I recommend trying that.

Great... High Quality

Works well with windows 11. Paid $6.99 on 3/14/25

After reading the review's on this cable, I knew it was going to be hit or miss if I was going to be getting a working cable or not. I figured I would go ahead and try it anyways given the price and with Amazon's reputation of hassle free returns. I will be calling them here shortly to schedule said return. My radio is the Bao UV-5r, I have the Chirp software already on board as everyone else has recommended (since the Bao software is garbage), I was really excited to get this cable in and start playing with it since with the same purchase I had bought the Authentic Genuine Nagoya NA-771 15.6-Inch Whip VHF/UHF (144/430Mhz) Antenna SMA-Female for AnyTone, BaoFeng, and Yaesu to boost that signal out. Anyways, here's what happened. Got the order in, tried plugging the cable in to my Win10(64bit) machine with no luck (figured). Went to Miklor to download the Prolific Drivers which worked (great site btw), got those all on and installed. Machine still would not recognize this cable. Tried fussing about with this for 3 hours with no progress. Thought- ok its my Win10(64bit) machine. Tried it on a Win7(64bit) machine - same result. Then it hit me, maybe its a 64bit encryption? Tried the whole process again, on a Win7(32bit) machine, with the Chirp software, and Prolific Drivers etc etc, NO LUCK. At this point I am frustrated, I have called in backup, to me a cable is a cable it should be like installing a printer? Download a driver, point the driver at the right place, be good to go. No, this is not that. Maybe I am missing something here, maybe its the cable, not sure. I will be returning this and going with the BTECH PC03 FTDI Genuine USB Programming Cable for BTECH, BaoFeng, Kenwood, and AnyTone Radio instead as it seems to be a Genuine Plug and Play option. I'd rather pay a bit more to not waste so much time fussing about with a hit or miss cable.I am very disappointed in my purchase and wish I had found the plug and play first.