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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="" color="#000000" face="Tahoma,sans-serif">Andy,<br><br>In the photos I used Belden 5 wire shielded cable because I had some on hand but it needs only 4 wires and a ground (COS, PTT, RX-AUD, TX-AUD, GND) so an old USB cable could be used. They are generally 4 wires shielded. The shield being the ground. You might have some other similar cables laying around you could </font><font style="" color="#000000" face="Tahoma,sans-serif"><span>repurpose</span>. It should definitely be shielded and if you are using the shield for the ground make sure it is connected at both ends.<br id="FontBreak"></font><br><b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">73 Doug</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">WA3DSP</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</font></b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 11:54:14 -0500<br>From: kk4zkp@gmail.com<br>To: arm-allstar@hamvoip.org<br>Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Baofeng 888 Allstar<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Doug,<div><br></div><div>What are you using for the cable that you are soldering to the 888? I have a male DB25 connector, but I'm unsure as to what kind of cable to buy to solder between the DB25 and the 888. It only needs 6 wires right?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks & 73,</div><div>Andy</div><div>KK4ZKP</div><div><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Doug Crompton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doug@crompton.com" target="_blank">doug@crompton.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma,sans-serif">I added a link on the <a href="http://hamvoip.org" target="_blank">hamvoip.org</a> page on my mod of a Baofeng 888. Here is the direct link -<br><br><a href="http://crompton.com/hamradio/baofeng888/" target="_blank">http://crompton.com/hamradio/baofeng888/</a><br><br>This is a take-off of W0FCM's page also linked on <a href="http://hamvoip.org" target="_blank">hamvoip.org</a> but just done slightly differently.<br><br>It is working well.<br></font><br><b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">73 Doug</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">WA3DSP</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio" target="_blank">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</a></font></b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font> </div></div>
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