ADMS-VX5 Programming Software and USB-57A cable for the Yaesu VX-5

Everything went well. I followed the instructions closely and had no problem reading the data from my HT and later downloading a couple hundred channels. The copy and paste in particular saved a lot of time. The software was fussy about letting me enter shortwave reception frequencies above 10 MHz . I could enter 14 or 15 MHz, but not the 14.286 MHz AM call frequency. What worked was to backspace the earlier entry and enter just RETURN to start fresh, then type a new frequency, but above 10 MHz I could only enter integer frequencies of exactly 10, 14 and 15 MHz.

Software is very intuitive - works great out of the box. Programmed my handheld quickly. Made several edits and on one download to the radio, it crashed! All data was gone! But because of the well written instructions (ya gotta read!), I was able to quickly upload data FROM the radio to clean up the glitch. Then all went smoothly again. Great research and development resulting in a great product.

This arrived safely in a secure package. I installed according to instructions and programmed my VX-5. This is my third RT systems and as usual performed perfectly.

My feeling is that if you buy a transceiver buy the RTSystems software and cable. It is so efficient to be able to copy and paste frequency information between files for other transceivers. The software and cable worked great on my recent purchase of a Yaesu XV5r HT.