The Baofeng UV-5R is a popular two-band radio. It’s inexpensive, feature-packed, and compact. For users that are new to portable programming, the Baofeng UV-5R may be difficult to program due to the lack of Baofeng’s support, and because of its poorly written user manual. When inserted into the USB port, Windows will automatically download the latest driver causing the generic cable to fail. Deceiving appearance Some of these cables may even have the Baofeng name printed on them. These cables can still be made to work, but require using a back dated driver from 2007. These drivers can be found at Drivers. Learning how to use the Baofeng UV-5R can be sort of frustrating you are just getting started. Baofeng doesn’t provide a whole lot of information with their instruction manual. This video is just going over the buttons and what they do. There will be a follow up video discussing how to program the Baofeng How to Use the Baofeng UV-5R Read More ». Welcome to Baofeng Support. This is a collection of known resources for the popular UV-5R and other models of Baofeng two way radios. The mission of this site is to scour the web for all things Baofeng and organize them into one central page so you can quickly and easily find what you need to get and stay on the air with your radio. Baofeng Cheat Sheet. The Baofeng UV-5R is a great cheap little radio, but it's notoriously difficult to use, with poor documentation. Here are some tips and resources I've found to help me use them. Baofeng UV-5R on Amazon. I've found the following accessories to be useful. These are my recommended brands. Some similar/cheaper.

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1. Before you open a new ticket, you might want to consult the documentation. On the right side of this web page, you will find some links to the Wiki. It contains good input for many re-occuring issues.
2. Also, please perform a search through all open and closed issues. Maybe someone else had the same problem before, and a solution is already available.
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Supported Radio Models¶

Note that not all functionality is supported on all radio models. Not all models and variants are listed here. For a more complete view of everything supported, as well as which features are supported for which model, take a look at overview of supported features for the latest build.

Baofeng Uv-5r Driver Mac Os

Note that radios marked as 'variant' are supported via a Aliasing_for_radio_clones feature.

Other Data Sources¶

Baofeng Uv-5r Driver Mac Update