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NOPE. Sorry but I can't program this one via the keypad nor the software cable (I CAN connect and change SOME of the parameters on SOME of the channels, like tone and channel name). No matter WHAT I DO I cannot choose the correct frequency pair of my club's GMRS repeater in Dallas. I ordered ANOTHER Baofeng GM-15 Pro from Amazon with the SAME RESULTS. Trust me, I'm not an idiot, I have had an Amateur Extra license for the past 25 years, have designed and built many antennas and modified may radios, and I have 10 other Baofengs that I CAN program using BOTH the software and the keypad on the radio. I was able to get my money back from Amazon on the recent GM-15 purchase but the first one, I let it sit around too long and so it is no longer eligible for return. My fellow ham/GMRS buddies recommend throwing it in a lake. Meanwhile, I ordered the awesome multiband "UV-5 Upgrade" which is the UV-17R... THAT radio works like a charm, is multi-band, and I CAN program it via the keypad. I haven't even tried programming it with software (no need) but I am certain it would work. Meanwhile, I found that a handheld is too low-powered to hit the Dallas GMRS repeater from home, even connected to a 7-element beam (Yagi) so I went up to a full-power (40 watts? 50 watts? I'd have to measure it) radio and now I can participate in the Dallas GMRS repeater at will. It STILL requires the Yagi pointed in the right direction... because it is 30 miles to the repeater from my house. Thanks for all the well-meaning replies

I can't change the transmit frequency or offset on ANY channel and can only change the receive frequency on channels 31 and up. I have the Baofeng GM-15 PRO from Amazon and I'm using the GM30 software from Radioddity. Please explain how you are getting this radio programmed. I also cannot SAVE or DELETE any memory slots from the keyboard (and therefore can't change any parameters, since you can only change in Frequency mode and can only Transmit in Channelk (memory) mode. Just in case it was the radio only, I ordered another from Amazon. Now I have TWO useless radios.

I cannot change MOST of the parameters (like transmit frequency!) on this Baofeng GM-15 PRO handheld. I have MANY Baofeng handhelds and have no problem understanding and executing programming from the keypad, except with THIS radio, I cannot DELete channels at all, cannot save to any Memory channel... maybe because I cannot delete from them. But I am getting at least a connection and I can change the name of channels, and I was able to CHOOSE a channel that already had the frequency pair I needed, and I could change the CTCSS (PL code) to what I needed. But it seems it WILL NOT TRANSMIT from that memory slot (DIY-25) once I changed it, but it WILL transmit on any other DIY (Do-It-Yourself?) channel. I actually cannot change the transmit frequency on any DIY channel (only receive) this one happened to already be on the pair I needed (462.600/467.600) so all I did was change the CTCSS tone. AGAIN I CAN ONLY change ANYTHING using the software similar to Chirp that I downloaded from the Radioddity web site (free) for their GM30, which many folks say is the same radio. I can change all the parameters from the keypad in "frequency mode" (VFO) but cannot SAVE anything (to a Channel), even tho I have a thousand times on a dozen different Baofengs. Help! I ordered another on just in case it's this individual radio

I cannot change MOST of the parameters (like transmit frequency!) on this Baofeng GM-15 PRO handheld. I have MANY Baofeng handhelds and have no problem understanding and executing programming from the keypad, except with THIS radio, I cannot DELete channels at all, cannot save to any Memory channel... maybe because I cannot delete from them. But I am getting at least a connection and I can change the name of channels, and I was able to CHOOSE a channel that already had the frequency pair I needed, and I could change the CTCSS (PL code) to what I needed. But it seems it WILL NOT TRANSMIT from that memory slot (DIY-25) once I changed it, but it WILL transmit on any other DIY (Do-It-Yourself?) channel. I actually cannot change the transmit frequency on any DIY channel (only receive) this one happened to already be on the pair I needed (462.600/467.600) so all I did was change the CTCSS tone. AGAIN I CAN ONLY change ANYTHING using the software similar to Chirp that I downloaded from the Radioddity web site (free) for their GM30, which many folks say is the same radio. I can change all the parameters from the keypad in "frequency mode" (VFO) but cannot SAVE anything (to a Channel), even tho I have a thousand times on a dozen different Baofengs. Help!