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Is USB-K4Y programming cable (for Abbree AR 730) same as typical Baofeng/Wouxun/Anytone cable?

Thread starter kl7hny
Start date Jul 18, 2023

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kl7hny

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Jul 18, 2023

Hi, all. So I just got an Abbree AR 730 to fiddle around with as an airband receiver, bench check against my commercial service bench to test signal purity & such, and maybe use it a a 2m ham xcvr if the TX signal is clean enough.
I've got lots of typical YaeKenCom amateur & commercial gear around here, so I've got a fair amount of programming hardware. However, based upon the "nothing I'm used to will be the same when I need it" principle, I don't want to just plug one of these 'Kenwood-style" two-pin to USB programming cables into the programming/spkrmic connector on the new rig for fear of putting B+ from one of the ports into my PC.
So my query is as the topic above: Assuming I can find the correct software for this, can I safely use my existing Kenwood-style programming cable on this new handheld?

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