MacBook Pro laptop - CHIRP software - Baofeng UV-5RA radio
I recently purchased a Baofeng UV-5RA on the recommendation of Shawn KD2DJU. I can't remember the last time I programmed a radio by the keypad so this was obviously no different. I also purchased a Baofeng USB programming cable (which also works with Wuoxon, Kenwood and who knows how many others). The cable comes with a mini CD-ROM disk which is useless in my MacBook Pro and most likely doesn't contain the driver I need anyway. So the search begins for a driver that works and hopefully saves you all some time searching. I also ran into an issue with the stable version of CHIRP itself and managed to get that working. Hopefully this will save you some time.
What you will need:
CHIRP free open source programming software. You will need the latest daily build. As of this writing the stable version from April 2013 will not work.
I used the factory Baofeng USB programming cable. It contains the Prolific PL2303 serial <-> USB chip. The better cables will use this chipset.
