Baofeng UV5R Repeater

Thanks to this article, I successfully created a cable that lets two UV5R’s work as a repeater:

https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/setting-up-2-radios-as-a-repeater/comment-page-1/

The diagram below was the key.

I cut the audio cable from the dollar tree in half. Plugged one into the adapter and used a meter to determine which wire went to what part of the plug.  Soldering the appropriate wires together did the trick. (Note that the wires have a coating that “burns” off during the soldering process. 

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