00:00Paragraph 1. If you own a Baofong and you're still punching in frequencies by hand,
00:05stop, you're wasting your evening. A programming cable turns that whole ordeal into a two-minute
00:10job on your laptop. I went through the listings and pulled the best Baofong programming cables
00:16under $6.38, ranked by what people actually bought. Five cables, all under the price of a coffee.
00:24Paragraph 2. Starting with the best seller of the bunch, this one is built for the newer radios,
00:30the BF5RH, 13+, 17+, V2, and it also covers quenching UVK5 and UVK6, which is a nice bonus
00:37if you run both brands. It comes with the CD software, so you're not hunting around for
00:43drivers on some sketchy forum. Nearly 5,000 sold and a 4.9 rating. $5.10. For that price,
00:52it's the easiest first cable to buy. Paragraph 3. Number 2 is the waterproof crowds pick,
00:59the UV9R+, VF9700, 58, UVXR. If your radio has that waterproof shell, the standard cable won't seat
01:08properly, and that's exactly why this one exists. It's the most expensive on this list at $6.38,
01:15which is still the cap we set, and with almost $4,800 sold at 4.9 stars, people clearly aren't
01:21regretting it. Skipped, comparison table, model matching walkthrough. Add when viewer comments
01:28asked which one for my radio.
