<div dir="auto">Yes, that is always a bad thing to plug in anything while powered up. Now that the magic smoke has escaped you will not be able to get it back in.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Thanks,<br>David, <br><a href="mailto:KD7UCH@arrl.net">KD7UCH@arrl.net</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 07:46 Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:Tom@henderson4.us">Tom@henderson4.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So I let the smoke out of my TYT TH-9800 when connecting it to program<br>
using CHIRP. I had previously programmed it with CHIRP with no problems.<br>
However, this time I wasn't paying attention and left the radio on when<br>
I plugged in the USB cable. It instantly shut down and there was a wisp<br>
of smoke from the back of the radio.<br>
<br>
What did I do wrong? Plug it in while powered on?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Tom Henderson<br>
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