Yep, you are right.  Personally, I don't like those connectors anyhow. 
Anyway, you could always buy another power cord, but that radio comes 
out of the box with bare wires on the end.  BTW, f y i, the Yaesu power 
cord is the same and $5.00 cheaper.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Colin McDonald 
wrote:

> it's not like new anyway because that isn't a standard feature on a new wire
> harness, it was obviously added, so it isn't new.
> so chop it off and have done with it...or waste a bunch of time trying to
> figure out a work around or spend some money on expensive tools and anderson
> polls to use the radio.
> Personally, I would chop it off and not worry about resale values since
> having a plug, or not having a plug at the end of the wires will not
> adversely effect the resale or return value of the radio.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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>> I don't want to do that, because if I do that, the radio isn't like new
> any
>> more.  If I eventually want to sell it, how do I make it like new again?
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