Anthony . . .
On Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:50:49 -0700, "Anthony (Tony), KH6TG, DMR#3172955 via
groups.io" <gannon.anthony@...> wrote:
Has anyone experienced this problem or do you have any suggestions?
You did the one thing the Baofeng troubleshooting guide said to do, other than
making sure that the battery is installed correctly, and I don't know how you
could install it incorrectly.
One thing you can do is take a pencil eraser and clean the contacts on the
battery and radio, the parts that mate with one another. A pencil eraser is a
very mild abrasive that will be safe for this. I would focus more on the dead
radio's contacts since the batteries work with the other radio.
If you don't get any other suggestions, try the amateur-repairs group. After
that, you can open the radio and take a look. See if the power button looks
damaged. Maybe rig something up to bypass the power button. If you get it to
power up that way, see about a factory reset. I read about a Yaesu HT that was
intermittent. The radio was given to another person, who did a factory reset
once he got the power button to work once, and that fixed the power on problem.
Donald KX8K
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