There are MANY "how to do CHIRP" videos on KZfaq. This is one of, if not THE , best . Many thanks!!

I’m 59yrs old and have never owned a pc or laptop and I have to always manually program my radios. It may be slower but I get to know the radio better.

Your speed was just fine. Thanks for the video.

I’ve got a radio , and not got a computer yet I’ll have watch this twice And I’ll have to borrow my mums laptop to download load this

Just got my first Quansheng UV K5(8) and studying for my foundation exam - so thank you for this, I am a raw beginner and these are very helpful.

Thank you for the great and detailed instructions. I give you a subscription for other videos as well.

Hi Fred, That Chirp information was very useful, Many thanks, Keep the info coming.

Awesome walk-thru! Tnx from the Louisa County stix in Central Virginia, USA Getting back into radio after a 20 year break!😂 Subscribed!

Excellent video and thank you. needed the driver and didn't realise about the 12.5 for analog. All working good now on both my radios.Thank you.

As said recently bu others, THIS IS DEFO THE BEST instructional video for this subject. Brilliant, thank you.

I use a programming cable with an FTDI chip, no messing about, it just works.

Great video by the way!

Thank you friend. I am a very grateful computer dinosaur. Peace from Texas.

Brilliant content 👌

Cheers FRED that’s seems to be easy enough. Thanks for doing it nice and slow that’s much appreciate. Alan from Leighton buzzard.👍

Frid in the shed your utube videos are awesome my friend

Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying quality cb radios and antennas for cb radios my friend

Yes, many thanks for that. I am a techie but not one that done anything but use radios in the past. I bought one of these radios just for the fun of it but have no idea what I will use it for!

Thank you so much for taking me by the hand !

Think you did a great job explaining in detail dude...great video for beginner's

Nice one fred been away from radio for a while . This video is just what I needed , cable on route :-)

Nice video Fred. Always better to go steady and show all the detail rather than rushing it and leaving new users confused.

Only thing I would have have added to the video is how to find the com port number so that if someone doesn't know what one there one is it is easier to find it without trial and error

I mean, I could buy one of those and, speak with Truckers on highway, or on break from work. Wouldn't want to distract them from the road, of course, just a bloke with a Toy, ME. Sounds like fun! IN USA back in the 80's we had these units called "HELP" in a case, you'd plug it into cigarette lighter and put magnet antenna on car through window. You can google it to see, i guess. Drivers are cool, and they have a HUGE job. But their people too, raise a chanty. When they are driving, they are happy.

Thank you. Very useful information. Having programmed my radio using Chirp via following another video, this was far better explained. I think I have to change mine from FM to NFM though. I didn’t need a driver for some reason.

Thank you.

Ha ha--after much to-ing and fro-ing over two days, installing and reinstalling windows drivers and chirp multiple times (read at least twenty times apiece) i could not get the download from the Radio to work, (Cannot connect to radio) and then after trying for about the 50th time pulling the usb in and out it magically uploaded. I carried out Fred's instructions and changed the frequencies and tried to upload to the radio another 20 times all to no avail. I have 4 radios to do so i was somewhat exasperated. I checked the connections to the Radio and ensured it was a tight fit, i also checked that the USB cable was tight and showing on the pc all looked well. As a last resort before i launched all 4 through the window i started fiddling about with the wire that goes into the USB fitting and although nothing seemed amiss lo and behold it started uploading to the radio. I did it another three times to the remaining radios wiggling the wire with the same result. Moral of this story is, don't assume an unused Baufang cable has nothing wrong with it. GRRR now for egzuma..... and the air bands... Thanks all for the advice!

thank you.

Hey Fred. Have a look into the Meshtastic project, you and you're followers might find interesting and useful ... It's an off grid text messaging / tracking pocket sized radio system some are calling CB 2.0 ... Some of the devices are dirt cheap, link to android devices or alike via Bluetooth for use of keyboard and GPS, some come with keyboard. the little radios use the LoRa digital mode on the 868MHz License Exempt band, transmission power around 100mW, Tx range line of sight distances to up to around 200miles i think the current record stands from hill top.

Nice unit.

Lol I was trying to write to radio in fw mode what a wally I am 😂

Thanks for the video, is there anywhere to get a file to import with chirp that has all the best frequencies to scan, air, CB etc, I am very new to this but finding it great to pass the time,

Hi Fred, i have the Quensheng KV5 where do i find that on the retevis site, or is it somewhere else.

Hi! Sorry for the potentially silly question, I was wondering if it is possible to use CHIRP to set certain frequencies to specific power outputs in numerical terms. So say, I wanted to have PMR446 channels that outputed 0.5 W specifically or 1W specifically? Is that doable?

Hi Fred,nice video's.Can you give me please just a simple link for a Quansheng UV-K5 8 driver install.On the Githubpage there are so many links but i can't find the simple driver install program.Thanks anyway!👍🏻

Good video, Now I have a question,, sometimes chirp will not upload to radio. It downloads fine but when I go to upload the upload command line is light coloured not bold type so no activation for upload. Any ideas how to fix this or make it work?

No one mentioned Chirp only works with 64 bit Windows or any range of compatibility with any other computer. I have Win XP Pro SP2 and Win 7 Pro. Is there any way to program manually and have Channel Names on the LCD display? I just need to do 45 channels, I don't need all the memory.

been a few years but i never could chirp to work on my 2 lap tops a thoshiba and dell never could get the com ports to work

Hi there people, i have downloaded the driver and Chirp, clicked on new file and from download from radio i enter the correct port and I get the message, COM5: 2303TA does not support windows 11. Com 5 which is the correct port as it does ping when i plug it in, does this mean the cable i am using is Kaput. It comes from a Baofang. Thanks in advance!.

Fred, can you recommend a decent mobile antenna for the RA79 for me?

I just purchased the Retevis RA79 and went to Chirp to programme etc and I don't see it in the drop down for Retevis models. Does anyone know or encountered this problem? Thanks.

Hi where did you get the Tone squelsh number from

Anyone know what the Mode and Tuning Step should be for Marine Frequencies?

I tried updating my current 2021 version of CHIRP to the current version. It didn't go well. For Windows the CHIRP software is now only available for 64-Bit operating systems which, for me is unfortunate as my Windows 10 is 32-Bit.

Linux?

Hello I have Windows 7 and the new chirp doesn't work and I want to program the tid radio H3 which is not included in the chirp version for Win7