Programming Baofeng BF888S Radio using CHIRP

[@lentztu]

this was perfect, easy to use, and exactly what I needed for my BF 8888s. thank you

[@AI5HV]

Your are welcome. I am glad it was easy to follow and that it was helpful.

[@b12500]

Finally I could set my radio to the frequency I wanted to connect to. Thank you

[@AI5HV]

Glad I could help

[@cophop2898]

Thank you sir

[@cophop2898]

Do these work straight out of the box or do they have to be programmed?

[@AI5HV]

You need to program the channels that you want to use to communicate.

[@YusTus-h9s]

they work right out of the box for me i can communicate between both within 2 city blocks

[@expire5050]

@@YusTus-h9s out of the box, they may be set to frequencies illegal in your country. in the us, you might want to set them to the established FRS channels

[@HammadAhmed-l8g]

Hi, can any 1 help can we still program bf 888s now?.i tried but it didnt worked tried to test vhf but as it seems bf 888s is only support uhf

[@AI5HV]

The Baofeng BF888s only support UHF. It does not support VHF. If you need VHF from a handheld you will need to purchase a different radio such as a UV-5R or similar type radio.

[@qmsarge]

Do these radios support dual watch?

[@AI5HV]

Thank you for watching. To my knowledge they do not.

[@goku12176]

hello. i have a baofeng 888s and i would like to know if it is set to high or low power when you buy it. thank you.

[@AI5HV]

According to my research, the Baofeng 888s does not support high or low power. It only has one setting for power output.

[@goku12176]

@@AI5HV i saw in your video that the settings on power are set to high so i guess that it will have and low settings power. Thank you!

[@AI5HV]

For this particular radio the settings in Chirp have no effect.

[@goku12176]

@@AI5HV thank you!

[@scottw.8871]

Well this radio programming is over my head. I was just hoping that "most" walkie's would communicate with each other on the same channel. Dad just got a set of another brand and we can't communicate. I have the PX888S. I guess the same radio but different names. Seems I have to buy the USB cable and take a course on radios 😞

[@AI5HV]

The Baofeng radio is actually more that a walkie. It is actually a ham radio with 16 channels but no display. These radios are designed to require programming before use. As opposed to walkie talkies that you can buy that are a matched set designed to be used only on the pre-programmed frequency.

[@Relaxationhaven12]

Hello I have one bf 888s plus and one bf888s and I put in the same frequêncy and my voice dont stay good, is possible you help me?

[@AI5HV]

I do not understand what you are asking.

[@YusTus-h9s]

i can't seem to program them to work on MURS channels. The radio will take the MURS channel but will not work? because of all the other settings? WHAT ARE ALL THE OTHER SETTINGS for the MURS channels?

[@AI5HV]

The Baofeng BF-888S radio output is

[@cophop2898]

I ordered 5 sets of these for my crew. When I turn them on and press the PTT button they just turn off. I just programmed all of them and have the same results.

[@AI5HV]

I have not seen that response at all with regards to the radios turning off. I am guessing that you charged the batteries when you received them. Depending on the carrier they do not allow units to be shipped with batteries being in a fully charged state.

[@cophop2898]

@@AI5HV Thank you for your reply. Yes we charged them up completely. I even ordered another set from another vendor and that set is doing the same thing. Sometimes they will work for about a minute or so but then they just turn off after pressing the PTT.

[@cophop2898]

@@AI5HV I want to thank you for taking the time to not only make a very useful video but also responding to comments. After a lot of wasted time I have learned that it was a bad batch of batteries that made the radios not function properly. Thank you.

[@AI5HV]

@@cophop2898 I glad to hear that you were able to get some replacement batteries and everything is working fine now.

[@dragonsimig4074]

how to get port

[@AI5HV]

Bring up Device Manager on the computer. Look under Ports (Com & LPT). You are looking for USB Serial Port (COM#). Make sure that is the port that you are using in the Chirp software. If for some reason you do not see this entry under Device Manager, try plugging the cable into a different USB port. I hope these suggestions help.

[@dragonsimig4074]

@@AI5HV thank i get this

[@AI5HV]

You are welcome.

[@nilobutay8873]

there's no browser tab on my chirp...

[@AI5HV]

I am not sure I understand your question. Can you send me a screen shot of what it is you are referring to ?

[@nilobutay8873]

@@AI5HV aw... it is ok now, it just check the developer tab