[chirp_users] Press the cord into the Radio REALLY HARD !!!! Re: Baofeng GT-5TP

[awake]

Yeah, this seems to be quite a common occurrence with Chinese radios using the kenwood-type connector. It caused me trouble so many times :) 
Simply make sure that both parts are deep enough, often you'll have to cut off a bit of plastic from the radio casing. 

73 
rad0 

> From: "Brent Wells" <n4bdw73 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, 24 September, 2016 02:42:25
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Press the cord into the Radio REALLY HARD !!!! Re:
> Baofeng GT-5TP

> Dave, I have a cable that does the same thing when plugging into my 5R and F8HP,
> so I took my knife and slightly shave just to the inside of the 'angle' so that
> it snapped into the radio better because I worried I would bend or snap the
> pins if I pushed too hard each time. Just a tip!

> Brent (N4BDW)
> Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 23, 2016, at 8:20 PM, Dave Felt < feltdd at verizon.net > wrote:

>> Only thing I've learned is to Press the programming Cable into the radio REALLY
>> HARD !!!!!
>> 73's,, Dave KB6ORR

>> On 9/23/2016 1:21 PM, Todd Bloomingdale wrote:

>>> Hello All,

>>> I've read on a few amazon reviews that the Baofeng GT-5TP can be programmed
>>> using chirp using the UV-82HP setting. I can not get the radio to work

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