<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Unsubscribe</span></p><br>Sent from Tom's iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 30, 2017, at 9:42 AM, Joseph. D. Meaux, Jr. <<a href="mailto:jdmeaux2002@gmail.com">jdmeaux2002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">As I was just getting restarted into Amateur Radio after 40 years, i decided to purchase a Baofeng UV-5 on Amazon. However, thinking I would be doing better by getting a newer model, I purchased a Pofung UV-6R. Nice little radio for 2M/70cm. However, it had one of the worst manuals I have seen; no explanations of specific items in the menus nor explanations of adjustments.<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div>I ordered an adapter cable and downloaded Chirp figuring I could do most of my adjustments in memory via software. I used the forums and read everything I could about the Baofeng. The one thing I kept running across was that several people had to conncet and reconnect the cable to their computer to get Chirp to recognize the radio. Okay, that was something to remember.</div><div><br></div><div>I received my OEM cable in the mail and tried to use it. My computer would not recognize the radio. Was it Chirp or was it the cable? I did some research about the cable and learned that occasionally an error was made in manufacturing when soldering the usb modal. The receive and transmit wires were soldered backwards. </div><div><br></div><div>A fairly quick solution was to open the usb connector and properly resolder the wires. Eureka, its alive. Once I connected the cable back into my computer, Chirp recognized the radio and I was up and running.</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><a href="mailto:jdmeaux2002@gmail.com" target="_blank">j</a>dmeaux<br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><br></div><div class="gmail_signature">Moe K2JDM</div>
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