frater secessus

retired snowbird

Got the new repeater in today, flashed it to MT and configged.

It was plugged into USB for the setup so it took me a little while to realize the 18650 batts I put in weren’t charging. Turns out the battery compartment is set up for button top 18650 and all mine are flat top. I made some little metal shims so the flat tops would reach the contacts and it’s working fine.

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