There are only a couple things that you need the oft ware for, like whether to lock a channel out of scan for example. And, you can get it to work, if you can get the mouse pointer on a cell and click it, then you can tab, but the labels are wrong.

The easiest way to handle programming the Wouxun with the computer is with owx either under Linux/whatever, or in a Windows command line. Here's a link to a copy compiled under cygwin and all self-contained, just unzip it to some directory and run from a command prompt as directed:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1053407/owx-win32.zip

But mostly, I don't bother with the computer and just program by hand. Of course, reading o/writing to the radio is easy with the software and that's OK if someone's given you a setup file already.

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jul 10, 2012, at 8:48 PM, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> At first look the programming software for the Wouxun radios doesn't look as if it plays nice with
> JAWS 13 or am I wrong?  I will soon be buying one of those radios.  So, do I need the software or is
> it more trouble than it's worth?  Judging from the help text file that is making the rounds there
> would seem to be little need for the software?
> 
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA