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The New Hotness

  • Baofeng UV-5 Wiring Plate Globbery

    The weekly battery swap revealed the dismal state of the headset wires on Mary’s radio:

    Baofeng wiring plate - loose wires
    Baofeng wiring plate – loose wires

    That’s after sorting & disentangling loose ends, ramming cables under their ties, and generally tidying things up.

    Which suggested an improvement I should have done long ago:

    Baofeng wiring plate - globbed
    Baofeng wiring plate – globbed

    Verily, it is written: the bigger the blob, the better the job.

    Gotta glob my bike the next time around.

    Update: It’s hot melt glue!