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SFE Radio Software

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Hi All,

Hope someone will be able to help. I bought two SFE S580 Radios but can't seem to do anything with them without the programming software. Is there someone who has got it? I have already contacted SFE but get no reply from them and it's already been more than a week.

If anyone can help it would be great. I can even provide a place to upload it.

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Sorry mate, can't help.

But as a tip, try widening your search to include Mitex and Quanzhou.
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Have a look here, it may help you (or may not!):

http://www.transmission1.eu/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=34163

This software does appear to be difficult to track down though.
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It looks a lot like a Baofeng UHF radio, it could well be rebadged or a copy, and from a quick shufty it might be something like a BF-5688 or similar which uses the BF-480 software, the same a the BF-888S's. I'd certainly give it a try, see i f it reads the radio first of course, don't try writing to it until you're sure :)

Another good source of software is the 409 site download page. The Vero Telecom site's worth a look too, they make radios for a lot of third parties (download page). I'd say try Chirp as well, but it's unlikely to support your radio unless it's the same as another model.
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If it is a Baofeng creation then you could give CHIRP a go, but I'm speculating and don't actually know.

***EDIT*** and just read all of Mitch's post and he addressed CHIRP :oops:
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Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the replies. Been out for a while. I will see what I can download and what works. Will post here the results. Maybe someone else might run into the same problem one day again and find his answer here.
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Hello Asonic,

SFE manufacture the Mitex range of radios that Radioswap initially developed to sell as their own range.... Not now though.
Try Mitex UK, but I don't give much hope, as it would probably then allow Mitex radios to be "re-purposed" and they probably would not want that. Just my thoughts, not a certainty.

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