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I would go with a Vertex VX-2200 and avoid the Baofeng CCR. G.

Yes that radio will give you everything you want and more. Cables and software are generally available. I don’t have a link right now, but you can get it by googling for Vertex software and cables. You might try eBay and look for bluemax49ers. If you think you might ever get ham license, you might consider the 400-470 mHz version of that radio (I think it is the G6) as it covers both ham and gmrs.

Newsflash (at least to me) -- Kenwood has at least one other Grantee Code: K44. TK-8180H, TK-8160, NXR-800K, NX-800H, etc are under that Grantee Code. Also, it seems like if you search for Part 95 vs. 95A you'll get different results. Some were submitted under plain ol' 95 and some have the subpart code. With the latest Part 95 rules, GMRS is actually Subpart E now. So older equipment will have legacy Subpart A certification but new grants and Class II Permissive Changes will be under 95E going forward. Yay, confusion!

Ok, to start off with Part 95, The FCC has offered tools to the public to be able to get this info. https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid Click the link and add in the radios FCC ID. Example, Kenwoods Grantee code is ALH and the TK880's product code is 24593110. Click search, You'll see there is only one grant, if there were more, you would have to match the data displayed to your radios specs. Since there is only 1 grant, click on the check mark under "Display Grant" Here we have a simple sheet from the FCC, and under FCC Rules Part, we can see that the TK880 is Part 22, 74, 90, and 95 certified for both transmission modes (Wide and narrow) So now we know the TK880 is part 95 certified and we know how to look up the certification of other radios if we ever want to Now for the scan issue. I've never used the 863, but doing a little research, the only scan mode that doesn't "Autoscan" is "List type system scan" It would seem the other mode/s will force the radio into scan. Kenwood redesigned the scan feature on this particular radio and it seems like a lot of people didn't really like it. (Also someone says the 863 is purely a trunking radio and stuck like that, which is why conventional users have such a hard time with it) Heres the link to the info I found on the radio, not sure if it'll help but, https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/tk-863g-scanning-problems.354047/

Honestly, it's just enabled that way by default. It wasn't a conscious decision. It's probably for the best, like berkinet said. Someone will go crazy and like every single thing one day and just get annoying.