NWI Ingo General Post part 15

[chef larry]

Good Wednesday morning and look at the full moon. Look out for the crazy people out there. One winner for the mega lottery in South Carolina and the daughter and SIL thought they would win.

 

[jedi]

and that is a state where you can remain unnamed.
hum... so did someone really win?

 

[repeter1977]

Yea, didn't check my tickets but doubt it.

 

[Hawkeye]

I started a thread on the fcc radio stuff.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/460234-baofengs-illegal-use-now.html

Who was in on the group buy years ago?

Just bought one. Thinking of going for a Technician class license. Local Amatuer Radio club is pretty active.


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[Ballstater98]

and that is a state where you can remain unnamed.
hum... so did someone really win?

Only if they come forward and claim it.

 

[melensdad]

Didn't buy a ticket and still didn't win.

Figured with as many tickets as were sold to volunteer taxpayers my odds were probably better

 

[2A_Tom]

 

[jedi]

is there interest in a group buy for those radios?
17.50 from amazon when we buy more then 2.
free shipping.

 

[Hawkeye]

is there interest in a group buy for those radios?
17.50 from amazon when we buy more then 2.
free shipping.

Keep me posted.


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[d.kaufman]

is there interest in a group buy for those radios?
17.50 from amazon when we buy more then 2.
free shipping.

I ordered one yesterday, but once i recieve it and check it out, i might be down for 1-2 more

 

[jedi]

No matter what your stance, this is worth watching ... Gosnell.

*Please don't debate it here. Just go see it.

I ordered one yesterday, but once i recieve it and check it out, i might be down for 1-2 more

did u buy the programming cable?

 

[lonehoosier]

did u buy the programming cable?

I did not but looking into it now.

 

[Ericpwp]

The programming cable is iffy. I had to do some research to buy the right one.

 

[lonehoosier]

The programming cable is iffy. I had to do some research to buy the right one.

From the other thread.

Programming is easy with CHIRP. UNLESS... you bought a set of 888's. I found a massive bug with those. Chirp wont write to them properly.

And the detailed bug report I submitted a couple months back has been dutifully ignored by the developers.

And buy the "expensive" certified FTDI cable to program them. People trying to save $12 find out the hard way then end up wasting their money on the cheap cables, only to discover they dont work and have to throw them away.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It’s crazy they cost more then the radio.

 

[d.kaufman]

did u buy the programming cable?

I haven't bought the cable since i dont have a computer at home. Gonna try the manual programming. Watched some videos and read some articles on it. Doesnt seem like itd be to bad, but will be a little time consuming

 

[Ericpwp]

Yeah, the one I bought was 8.50. I didn't have an issue with it, but ymmv. I was using win7.

 

[jedi]

manual programming is a royal pain in the raccooon!!!
thug do you know if the cable from the prior radios the v3 will work. i think i still have that cable. the v3 i had died a while back.

 

[Ericpwp]

If it worked it should still work. It had to do with the make of the usb chip embedded in the cable and the drivers that were available for it.

 

[jedi]

let me see if i can find it.

 

[rosejm]

I've got a cable if that's the limiting factor. Seems to work well enough for me anyway