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Has anybody here ever tried to homebrew a cable to program the TK-272? I made one, with RatShack plugs, and the barrel of the plug isn't long enough. I can't read from/write to the radio unless I hold the plugs tightly against the side of the radio. If I let go of them, the rubber gasket around the holes pushes the plugs out far enough that they no longer make proper contact. I checked the length of the barrels of the add-on plugs I used against the plugs on a speaker/mic cable, and the add-on plugs are maybe 3/64" shorter than the factory plugs. Any ideas?

Yeah ! trash the rubber gaskets sorry, just couldn't resist.

PhrAWG

Well Phrawg, that's not a bad idea. However, my chief might get a little upset if I start mutilating the FD's radios!