Another approach is to bevel the four edges with a pocket knife, affectively making the insertion piece a bit smaller, because it may not be the flat surface that is the problem, but the outer diameter of the plug.

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From: Ken Hansen

To: Discussion of CHIRP

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2023 11:00 AM

Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Novel solution to Baofeng UV-5R's "Radio did torespond" problem?

I'd encourage you to find someone with a working Baofeng setup and try their cable with your radio and your cable with their radio. Simply comparing the K connectors on the two cables may be instructive, showing you where a bit more shaving may make the connector fit better, work more reliably.

Ken

On Jan 6, 2023, at 10:31, Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com> wrote:

Hey folks,

Debugging tonight I managed to get my radio to talk to CHIRP a few times, but very unreliably. I trimmed the connector and made sure it was well plugged in. I even updated to the next -nightly in case that helped. No.

Eventually what I figured out something that works 100% of the time for me: squeezing the radio and programming adapter tightly in my hands while programming.

Thanks for CHIRP, it was very easy to re-join the world of ham radio and get connected to a lot of local repeaters.

73,
KI4VCD
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