SteveShannon

That’s not bad. It even sounds good in NATO phonetics. I wouldn’t worry about it.

Welcome! You’ll learn a lot from programming the UV-82HP!

Great job! I’m delighted for you!

Welcome, Codehopper! The best thing to do when asking if you’ve programmed something correctly is to include a screenshot showing the programming. If you mean you transmitted on the input frequency to the repeater (467.xxx MHz) while listening on a scanner set to the repeater output frequency (462.xxx MHz) and you heard a click that you believe is your own transmission (even though it’s out of range?) then you probably did it right. But the “out of range” comment is confusing. Try talking. Say your call sign and that you’re listening. Get closer if needed.

He can get a new license. There was a guy on here who did that quite frequently after he wore out his welcome, but it costs $35 each time and there’s no way to know what his next license will be. It will almost certainly have the same first two or three letters. There are no vanity licenses in GMRS.

I think you can do either the first or second. Personally, I would do the second, the zip file named ch341ser.zip. It’s the one that’s WHQL certified by Microsoft. The exe file above it almost certainly does the same thing but it appears to me that it’s created for manufacturers to distribute with their devices. I would also create a “restore point” before installing the driver. That allows you to easily get back to where you were before you installed it.

During a slight insomniac moment I decided to look and see what I could learn about the ch340 chip, which is used in my cables which shipped along with the Radioddity DB20G radios when I bought them this year. They’re used in a lot of Arduino circuits to provide the USB to serial interface. Here’s the manufacturer’s driver page. Their driver is available for download and covers various versions of Windows, including W10 and W11: https://www.wch-ic.com/search?q=CH340&t=downloads

Welcome! Almost every single one of us agonizes about etiquette when we’re first getting started. With GMRS it’s less rigid, with the possible exception of some people who came from more rigorous services. Listen before speaking. After pushing the PTT, give yourself a second before speaking. Similarly, don’t let up on the PRT until a second after you stop talking. Identify yourself periodically, such as when you’re first speaking, about every fifteen minutes during a conversation, and when you’re ending your conversation. If you forget to ID, don’t sweat it. You’ll hear a lot of people who never do. Don’t resent them. Above all, have fun. Except for having to PTT it’s like a phone.

It might. Read the Chirp site list of covered models.

Okay, if you change your mind and want to try it with a cable that’s a known quantity, including knowing which driver works, let me know. Maybe it would help you troubleshoot your cable/software combination. Or if you want to send me your cable I can try it here and let you know which driver works on my laptop, an HP Pavilion 15. I would return it quickly.

The driver came with Windows 10. I have two of the cables if you want to borrow one to see if it works.

So are you still unable to program your radio? I’d be happy to do any testing that might help.

If you use a low powered repeater in a box like the Retevis RT97S or Midland, the entire repeater is in a waterproof enclosure. Otherwise it’s going to depend on what repeater you use. There are NEMA enclosures that can be mounted on your tower or you can build something. Air circulation, even when the ambient temperature is 100° is still better than stagnant air that allows components to build up even greater heat. NEMA enclosures can be outfitted with air conditioners but everything you do that increases the energy requirements makes things more complicated.

Maybe, but I think that it's more benign than that. It's completely up to interface chip makers to provide MS with the correct drivers for their devices. Who better to write the drivers? I plugged my cable (the factory cable for the Radioddity DB20G) into my Win 10 laptop and it came right up. It uses a driver that's published with Windows, rather than requiring a custom one from the radio company. Of course the fact that I'm on Win 10 could make this completely false also. Here's the driver my computer loaded when I plugged in the cable: Maybe @WRUE962 can tell Windows to use this driver instead.

There’s no win 11 driver on the Radioddity site that I can see.

I would have gotten there It does, but that’s just the physical audio interface and should have nothing to do with the USB to UART chip. But, your screenshot definitely appears to indicate that the driver shown in Device Manager is incompatible. I’ll look at the Radioddity site to see if there’s a Win 11 driver there.

If your computer makes the correct tone (device recognized) then you should see the com ports appear when you expand the com port section. The fact that your computer works with your UV5R strongly suggests the driver works (it should be exactly the same driver because it’s the same USB to UART chip). Please take a screen shot of Device Manager with the Com Ports expanded while the cable is plugged in when you can. Worst case you can send the radio to me and I’ll program it and send it back (you would only pay shipping).

This from the Microsoft help site might help: Hello, thank you for your reply! To add a COM Port, you can launch Device Manager, highlight your Computer Name at the top of the list, select Action menu and Add legacy hardware. Follow the wizard to Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, choose Ports (COM & LPT), Standard and Communications Port. However, I would suspect this will not work with your device. Would you also provide the model of your Yaesu Ham Radio and the internal adapter you have mentioned if the above did not resolve your issue? Please let me know if I can help further! https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/no-com-ports-in-windows-11/dd854eca-2b42-4c82-a785-86943163e703

I’m sorry you’re having trouble. I have nearly the same radio except branded Radioddity, the DB20G. In Microsoft’s infinite wisdom, they changed the model they used for drivers in Windows 11. That broke some software and definitely caused problems with some cables. I’ve also heard (as @BoxCar mentioned) that there has been an effort to crack down on counterfeit chip producers. Some new drivers have gotten better at detecting and then rejecting counterfeit chips. If Anytone provided you with a cable built around a counterfeit chip they should replace the cable. But I doubt that’s what happened. Anytone has a better reputation than that. Here’s Anytone’s page discussing counterfeit USB cables and explaining how you can tell the difference. https://anytonetech.com/anytone-usb-cable Because the correct cable is included with the radio, it’s doubtful that you are using the wrong cable. Let’s concentrate on connecting the cable to the computer first because once you have the cable working everything else is just the usual annoyance of learning software with bad English prompts. We’ll do that without having the cable plugged into the radio. We just want to get the cable working. First, before plugging the cable into your computer make sure you load the correct driver. Also, make sure you’re running as the administrator of the computer. Unfortunately for you I am still using Windows 10, so my experience might not be identical to yours. I’ll go look to see if there’s a different driver for Win 11 and I’ll edit this post with whatever I learn. I didn’t find a specific W11 driver. The instructions don’t specifically mention loading a driver. When you plug the cables into your computer, does it make the two tone sound that Windows has recognized the cable? No radio should be connected yet; we just want to get the cable going? I recommend having Device Manager up so you can see any changes when you plug in the cable. p.s. I haven’t found much on the drivers yet, but I found this page explaining how to make your own cable. I’m including it because it’s interesting: https://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ProgrCableAT779.php

People learn from mistakes. Smart people learn by hearing about other’s mistakes. Regulatory non-compliance is publicized so that others are aware of the rules and consequences.

Stupid is as stupid does. Hopefully YouTube will tell him to STFU.

There are others, and maybe they’re okay, but this one seemed like possibly better quality.

Here’s the search results showing the threads that discussed the GMRS Pro: https://forums.mygmrs.com/search/?&q=“GMRS Pro”&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles

One simplex controller: https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=98 Reviews on EHam.net: https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=7625

For once I don’t feel like I’m in the “Some people” category.