I have not performed the smoke test on mine yet. I usually leave the cable in it. I use it as a base so no reason to take the cable out. I had the thought that there is a possibility when you tried to plug it in, it might have been reversed? regards, K7NQB ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Tom Henderson Tom@Henderson4.us To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: [chirp_users] What did I do wrong? Bricked TH-9800 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:45:12 -0500
So I let the smoke out of my TYT TH-9800 when connecting it to program using CHIRP. I had previously programmed it with CHIRP with no problems. However, this time I wasn't paying attention and left the radio on when I plugged in the USB cable. It instantly shut down and there was a wisp of smoke from the back of the radio.
What did I do wrong? Plug it in while powered on?