If you have a good cable, the worst case scenario is the radio TXing for a fraction of a second while the cable is being plugged and unplugged. It's not a bad idea to have the radio off at those times. But going beyond that is voodoo mumbo-jumbo to try to workaround the dysfunctional behavior of a bad cable.
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Should BoaFeng transmit while syncing with Chirp?
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Concur; I had the same issue with a Yaesu radio, and updating the driver solved the problem.
KC4RAF
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Those "...fake-Prolific cable..." are one *ell of a headache. In the beginning when I tried to save some money by using the fake cables caused me hours of frustration and beating my head on the wall. Do as others have said, buy/use the real deal and you'll not spend hours of hardship.
KN4KHR
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Wasn't the cable - It was the COM port setting
I was having this problem with 2 different cables. I changed the COM port from COM 1 to COM 5 or COM 6 and was able to program several Baofengs and a BTech with no more trouble.
I was having this problem with 2 different cables. I changed the COM port from COM 1 to COM 5 or COM 6 and was able to program several Baofengs and a BTech with no more trouble.
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