Bug #11387
openUV-17R
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Description
This may or may not be a new bug, but here it is. I have a UV-17R. After much frustration and searching online,
i finally got it to connect and upload and download a code plug. Now none of my 3 Baofeng radios will connect. I need to edit the code plug for my uv-5r and my uv-17r, but it gives me the following error: "The radio did not respond." I really need some help.
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Updated by Clinton Randolph 10 days ago
This indeed might not be a chirp issue, but at this point I'm grasping at
straws. I did get the 5r to work, but still have issues with the 17r.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM Jim Unroe redmine@chirpmyradio.com wrote:
Updated by Jim Unroe 9 days ago
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This is most likely a connection issue. Leave the 2-pin plug disconnected from the radio and attempt a download. The error encountered will be the same.
Due to the deeper than normal socket well of the UV-17 (and similar) series radios, it is common for the right angle plug to contact the side of the radio causing interference that prevents the plug from being fully engaged with the socket. You have to take steps to eliminate this interference so a complete and working connection can be provided.
If the interference is minimal, some have been able to press hard on the plug to bend the wires and make proper connection during the cloning operation. Others have had to cut away the part of the plug's strain relief and shell to eliminate the interference. What I did here was to make and use extension cables with straight plugs.
Updated by Clinton Randolph 9 days ago
Thanks Jim, but I got it figured out. Thanks for your help though.
73 de WB4CDR
On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 7:42 AM Jim Unroe redmine@chirpmyradio.com wrote: