I placed a new howto on using the baofeng UV5, UV82, and others but NOT the 888 on the hamvoip.org web page. Here is a direct link - https://hamvoip.org/hamradio/Unmodified_Baofeng_Interface/ This shows a perf board discrete assembly. *73 Doug* *WA3DSP* *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*