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<DIV>I have programming cables for the Baofeng UV-5R and a Yaesu VX-7R which I
suspect are based on cloned Prolific chips and give me no end of trouble with
Chirp (and VX Commander for the Yaesu)</DIV>
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<DIV>I spotted the Miklor website that gives information about building a cable
for the Baofeng using a CP2102 USB/TTL UART.</DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Technical.php#progcable
href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Technical.php#progcable">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Technical.php#progcable</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I was thinking that rather than soldering the cable for the Baofeng
directly to the UART board I could put the board in a small box with a USB
extension lead one side and with a 3.5mm stereo jack on the other. I would then
terminate the programming lead for each radio with a 3.5mm plug wired
appropriately. The Baofeng connections I can take from the Miklor website above
but what would I need for the VX-7R?</DIV>
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<DIV>I found this pin out for the VX-7R</DIV>
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href="http://www.kc8unj.com/pinout.jpg">http://www.kc8unj.com/pinout.jpg</A></DIV>
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<DIV>This seems to be similar to the Baofeng UV-3R (as shown on the Miklor page)
but is a Ground connection required?</DIV>
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<DIV>73</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark GW7KDU</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000">Cardiff,
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