<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">Wrong mailing list. This is CHIRP, not CLIP. ;-)<br>Jim KC9HI<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br>On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:13 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kf8sj@aol.com" target="_blank">kf8sj@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font>have twice had the big clip on back come apart. first time, hit wooden floor, secomd time landed on concrete, and battery flew off-</div>
<div>call me clumsy. also dropped (accidently!) several other times! on the second drop-the spring, and clip landed in some grass, but was able to find them.</div>
<div>this is one rugged little beast!</div>
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<div>this on a uv5r but believe clip same on most models</div>
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<div>ANYWAY---after second explosion-got out the jb weld (epoxy)-put a dab on each end of the pin going thru the spring, and a dab on the spring in the rear. NO MORE SEPARATION PROBLEMS.</div>
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<div>presently firing up 6 uv5re plus units-they have all been epoxied! love this little beastie!</div>
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<div>word to the wise. get out the epoxy now!</div>
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<div>73 jim kf8sj</div>
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