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How Texas became known as The Friendly State East Coast GMRS... not so much!

Radio? Repeater name and location? Generally speaking it is best, at least in the beginning, to not include any Receive tone in your programming, as incorrect inputs may be the problem. Try it again without any Receive tone. HT? Try again outside and from a location that you expect to be line of sight to the location of the repeater.

Good luck and don’t forget to refer back to my post about installing the drivers for the two different cables available for Windows 11.

Sounds, to me, like she did not believe: Thank goodness, he keeps an HT in the bathroom!

Thank you for your response and I am sorry to hear that you have not had the chance to tryout the newest steps that worked for me in Windows 11. I have been waiting for your success, but since it seems that you are at about the end of your rope with Windows 11, and will borrow an older computer, I will go ahead and publish my results for the benefit of others, who may be similarly situated. Please let us know how it works out for you, as this is a very popular radio with so many other successful users.

I think the statute of limitations has passed and I can tell this story: Years ago I picked up the pair of ICOM R-7000 and R-71 receivers at a garage sale for $50. The UHF model did not have the cellphone frequencies blocked and, it still being analog, I used to enjoy spending Saturday nights listening to guys calling their girlfriends from their cars!

Take a look at the Alpha-Delta coaxial switches: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/alf-delta-4b While a bit pricey, they have much better SWR than the cheaper knock-offs! I use one for 4 different radios to my VHF/UHF antenna and another for 2 different radios to my HF antenna.

Thank you! That's about $30; here is a less expensive alternative:

Which cup holder mount did you get?

Just checking in to see if you have had a chance to get your 779UV working in Windows 11?

Sorry, the only Wouxun product that I have purchased, a tri-band Ham Radio HT, I sold on eBay after I could not find a MARS/CAPS modification. I have never attempted to use any scrambler feature on any of my radios, as I view that as a violation of the FCC rules that will be taken very seriously by their staff.

I am assuming that you get the same notification as below when you go to COM->SET COM: But it is a good sign that Device Manager recognizes the Prolific driver. Do a right-click on Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM4) and go to PROPERTIES and post screenshots for the General tab and Driver tab. What version of the Anytone CPS software are you running. I will attach a copy of version 2.01. And, since I know it works well with the Anytone, I will also attach a zip of the Radioddity v2.02 CPS software. What version of firmware is installed: Power off, hold down V/M key and Power on - it will show "V2.xy at the bottom of the screen; turn off power If these do not work, I am starting to smell a hardware problem. Are you still within the Amazon refund window? Will Hesenate swap it for another radio and cable? They should certainly send you the WCH chip'd USB cable instead of the problematic Prolific cable; to try first. AT779UV_Setup_2.01.exe Radioddity DB20-G Programming Software 2.02_20210707.zip

And: installing this alternative Prolific driver does NOT interfere with my USB to Baofeng UV-5R cable's ability to work with Chirp in Windows 11. It should utilize a different COM numbered port and you may have to use Device Manager to determine the proper COM number for the Baofeng/Chirp cable. However, be sure to quit the Anytone CPS software before you run Chirp.

Wouxun has a reputation for manufacturing GMRS radios that do not unlock! Good luck!

PS: This is a Windows 11 issue with the Prolific chip* in that cable, which is probably why they changed cables to the WCH 340 driver/chip BUT couldn't they at least let us know??? hahaha In any event that is a terrific radio and once you get it programable you will enjoy using it too! *NOTE: Some believe that the "Prolific" cable for these radios contained the so-called counterfeit Prolific chip, which was blocked by Prolific's Windows 11 driver; hence the problem! Which, of course, is a good reason to remanufacture these cables with a genuine chip; BUT TELL US it is a different chip!! hahaha

OK: I will write this up in more detail later, but here should be your solution in Windows 11: With the programming cable connected to both your computer and your AT-779UV (turned on); Download the zip file attached to my post below. Extract All Files and Open the folder named: PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1_11_0 Run as Administrator the file named: PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1.11.0.exe When it offers you 3 options, select the option: Repair - Reinstall all program features installed by the previous setup; Restart WIndows 11 Open your Anytone CPS software and in the SET -> SET COM Menu it should now offer you a COM#; select it. In the Program Menu, select -> Read from Radio. It should now read and download all the settings in your radio, yes? Do a SAVE AS to make a copy of this starting point, in case you have to restore the radio to these settings. Make changes as necessary for your location/repeaters, etc. and do a Program -> Write to Radio to save your new settings to the radio Do another SAVE AS to save a copy of your changed codeplug. PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1_11_0.zip

If you compare your screenshot from Hesenate to the list of the files I sent you already in my zip file, you will see they are the same. This is the WCH 340 solution to the "other" cable that apparently you do not have.

OK: I just wanted to confirm that you installed the WCH 340 driver and it still did not work for you, which I have recreated on my computer with one of the two AT-779UV/DB20-G cables that I have (the other one works with the WCH 340 driver); and I called this the "bad cable" even though it works in Windows 10; just not in 11. I should have a solution soon...

I have discovered the problem and am working on a solution now, which I will post in detail later. First, I want to reconfirm with you that you followed my instructions noted above in this post (that is, you used my attached zip file to install the wch 340 driver) and you still received the AT_779 Cannot Open Communications Port, yes? Did you attempt to change the COM in the SET Menu in the AT_779 CPS software and was there any other choice?

FCC rules allow your son to use your GMRS license, including when talking to you on GMRS. Use your GMRS certified radio to talk to your son on his GM-15Pro either simplex or through a GMRS Repeater. Then work with your son to get his Technician Ham License and then you can cross talk on 2 meters and 70 cms Ham bands, if that is important to you.

I was giving you legacy UV-5R programming instructions. Since I do not have the UV-5R GMRS, I will back off for now and let the others help you. Good luck!

It sound to me like you have the "bad cable" for Windows 11; I will keep working on getting a driver for that cable for you. Who was your vendor for your AT-779UV and can you contact them about a replacement cable? In the meantime I will contact my vendor. In the meantime, do you have access to a laptop with an older version of Windows than 11? Do you have any other USB programming cables for any other radios?

Not me! I was listening on Zello but probably napping!

I wanted to buy a UV-5R GMRS just to play with. i just didn’t want to buy two! Use the refund on the DigiRig to buy a genuine Nagoya 771G antenna with the proper SMA for that radio, to improve your range.