CHIRP files for the Baofeng BF-888S
The radio is already set to the BF-888S. Open a channel list or build one from ready-made lists; each channel shows whether the BF-888S takes it. Then save the CSV for CHIRP.
What the BF-888S can hold
16 memories — one for each position of the channel knob — on 400–490 MHz only, FM and narrow FM, high and low power. It has no display, so channel names are not stored. VHF channels such as 2 m, marine or MURS are marked ✗; PMR446, GMRS and FRS frequencies fit.
Picking the radio in CHIRP
CHIRP has no separate BF-888S entry: choose Baofeng BF-888 there. It is the same radio to CHIRP, and this page checks your channels against that driver.
Before you load it into a radio
The file is for CHIRP, the free programming software — not for the radio itself. CHIRP is what writes the channels to the radio, and CHIRP and the radio decide what they accept; we cannot check that without your radio. Before uploading, download the radio’s current memories in CHIRP and save them as a backup, then look through the channels. Transmitting on some frequencies needs a licence or an approved radio — check the rules where you are. You use the file and program your radio at your own risk.
Questions
- My list has more than 16 channels — what happens?
- Only the first 16 go into the radio; the rest are marked “no room”. Remove or sort channels in the table so the 16 you want come first.