Valley Enterprises Yaesu USB FTDI Radio Programming Cable FT-60, VX-1, VX-2, VX-5

Plugged up my VX-5R and opened up chirp on Linux, and I had my radio loaded up with repeaters in about 2 minutes. I had been searching for a cable to use with my HT for a long time, and I'm glad I finally came across this one. Its a bit pricey, but I'd gladly pay the price again as I had tested about 4 other brand cables that didn't even approach workable.

Call me late to the computer programming party but I just bought this cable for my 15+ year old Yaesu VX-5. After having the pleasure of using CHIRP to program my Chinese UV-5 and UV-5x3 is was about time to do the same for the VX-5. Since this uses the same FTDI chip that my other cable uses I was sure it would work without issue, and it does. I'm using Linux Mint and CHIRP, no drivers or configuration needed, just choose the radio and /dev/ttyUSB0 and you're off to the races. This is if you know how to correctly set the VX-5 into clone mode prior to sending/receiving from CHIRP. Here's how to do it. Use these steps in order: In CHIRP go to "Radio" > "Download from radio". Vendor is Yaesu and model is VX-5, don't click OK yet. Power on the VX-5 by holding both the FW and power button at the same time, "Clone" will be displayed. Press the "OK" button in CHIRP then press the VFO button on the VX-5. It should now be sending the data to CHIRP. Once completed edit the memory banks and channels in CHIRP. When you're ready to reprogram your VX-5 choose "Radio" > "Upload to radio", don't click "OK" yet. Set your VX-5 into clone mode again with the steps above but this time press the MR button. It should now display "Clone Wait". Press "OK" in CHIRP and your edited memories will load. That's about all there is too it.One caveat to using CHIRP and the VX-5, there's no advanced configuration that can be done other than modifying memory channels and banks, unlike you can change just about everything for the UV-5 and UV-5x3. After programming the frequencies I wanted in my VX-5 I searched for and downloaded VX5 Commander (which is free) and run it in a Windows XP virtual machine using VirtualBox. This allows me to clone the new frequencies into the VX5 Commander format and also have the ability to change many of the other settings found in the VX5.Hope this helps

I have been struggling with a cable with a Prolific chip in it. It would download from the radio, but only upload about 10% of the time. I connected this cable up. downloaded from the radio, made my changes, and upload them on the first try.It is not cheap, but it works.

i am using this with an ft 60 and it is far more reliable than the cheaper chinese prolific 2303 based cables sold else where if you value your sanity do yourself a favor and don't cheap out, this cable works every time vs a 1 in 5 chance, using it with windows 11 x64 and chirp

Cable interfaces great, programed the whole radio with ease along with the chirp free software downloaded from the website.

I originally purchased a cheaper cable for my Yaesu FT-60R. It flat out did not work. Fortunately, that seller refunded my money and paid for return shipping, but not for my loss of time. So, I busted the piggy bank and purchased this overpriced cable, and it works like a charm. I'm not happy with the price, but I'm satisfied with the fact it actually works as expected. If the price was reasonable, I'd give it five stars and even buy a second as a gift for someone - not at this price! These cables cost pennies a piece to manufacture, and not more than a dollar to ship, so there's no need to gouge customers.Update: I've been using this cable for nearly three years now, and it has performed flawlessly. Even though the price rose by more than a dollar in the interim, I'm still adding a star. The price still keeps this from reaching five stars. I purchased a SainSonic AP510, which comes bundled with a fake FTDI chip, and that was such a frustrating experience, I have a much greater respect for legitimate cables. I also returned the AP510.

The cable works to read information from the radio but continues to fail when you want to write changes to the radio's configuration. It only gets so far along and then fails with a "communication error".

This cable worked perfectly with my Yaesu FT-60R and Windows 10. I had a little problem at first because as part of the clone process to load the radio's image file to Chirp you need to press the PTT button. I kept getting an error message that Chirp could not communicate with the radio. What I found out was that you need to hold the PTT button until the screen on the radio changes from CLONE to --TX-- and at that point you can release the PTT.What I also found interesting is that when using Chirp with my BaoFeng radio, the COM Port is labeled COM3. But when I use this cable the COM Port is labeled COM4 and COM3 does not exist (and yes, I am using the same USB port on the commuter).