Programming Chinese Handhelds

Baofeng, Wouxon, Etc.

 It can be as easy as 1, 2, 3 . . .  or your worst nightmare!

In this section of my web I will show others how easy it can be to program these cheap Chinese dual-band handhelds - once you are armed with the knowledge of "how to do it."

NOTE:  If you need to program more than a few channels, do not even attempt to do it manually.  Buy yourself a  GOOD  programming cable and use a good [free] programming software.

I personally struggled for a long time with this, then finally spent 3 full days solving the problem. Lessons learned from my real-life nightmare wll help you avoid trouble and do it right the first time.

WARNING:  

DO NOT BUY A CHEAP "NO-NAME" PROGRAMMING CABLE ON EBAY!  

MANY OF THEM DON'T WORK.

Although is possible to get these to work if you manage to find the right driver, for a few dollars more you can get an original Baofeng or Wouxun USB programming cable with the associated driver software.  These work.  Either one works with both companies' radios.

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THE KEY TO SUCCESS:  

Understand what you want to do before your start!

In order to keep it simple, I will divide the work into 3 parts, each with its own page:

1. Preparation / includes creating a channel plan of what you will program  into the radio
2. Software Installation and Backup of Original Data 
3. Programming your Radio / (in 3 Steps)

Good luck!

DISCLAIMER

I am not the author of the software program that I recommend here, nor am I an expert in programming software.  The software and procedure I describe here was used successfully to program several Baofeng and Wouxon Radios, but . . .  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

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