Tenway Baofeng USB Programming Cable

Works great

Sometimes taking risks with low cost products online pays off. This is one of those cases. The cable looks and feels like it's pretty good quality, and the driver's installed on my computer as soon as I plugged it in. It only took a few seconds. Next I started up chirp, and downloaded my radio (UV5R). It worked just fine. Then I programmed in some repeaters and a few simplex frequencies I like to use and uploaded it onto my radio. You can't ask for anything more from a programming cable, and it functioned perfectly.

I use this cable infrequently, and when I need it every six months or so I can't find it. And when you purchase one, sometimes it won't have the right chip inside to work with the Baofeng UV-5R radios for some reason. I can say that this product does work with my radios, and it is plug and play and doen't require any fooling with software drivers. But if you have another version of windows than 10, or don't have access to the internet, or some other strange thing, it does come with a small CD with the drivers on it.

Seems to be a decent cable. I don't trust random USB cables that involve some ICs. Popped apart the usb end and looked up the chip. It's a usb to serial converter. Just as expected. Nothing weird going on. Works as intended, as well.

I had an older, more expensive cable to program a Baofeng UV5r, but the driver support failed for W10. Ran the new driver disk, plugged in the new cable, worked as it should. I didn't examine the docs.

Plugged in and drivers downloaded automatically on both my Win 7 and 10 machine... did not use the CD at all. My programing software, CHIRP, recognized the new COM only after one restart on my Windows 7 computer and finally after two restarts on the Windows 10 machine. On day one I have my Baofeng UV-5RA is programed! Side notes: if you use CHIRP, have volume up on radio, as the software says, and install in Program Files (x86). At first I installed in a separate folder and CHIRP never found the COM port. After switching to Program File (x86) and a couple restarts, it found the COM port associated with this cable.

I'm going with a 5-star rating because the cable works with my Baofeng (BTech) UV-5X3 and CHIRP software. I couldn't find any others that stated that they work for this radio specifically (including this one) so I rolled the dice due to the no-hassle return policy. At less than half the price of the 'official' cable, this is a great deal; I'm sure they all come from China anyway. I just got it today so I don't know about the durability, but the cable is nice and flexible and will probably last well if taken care of.

I would have rated it higher than a 3 if both worked. The one that worked plugged it in windows 10 recognized right away. Worked great with Chirp. The second one was recognized by windows but gave error on the same radio. Returning for a replacement. 50% mortality rate is not very confidence. I am glad I ordered a spare otherwise I would be dead in the water.

IT WORKS (as Stated)

J’ai reprogrammer mon baofeng uv5r avec succès merci pour ce fil de programmation

this cord came in very handy as i have a Baofeg and a Talkpod and it helps program both radios

Works with CHIRP and my handheld