808Beachbum

I had to look through several sites, most say nothing at all about the antenna or optional antennas, but found this directly on the Baofengtech site: Q: Is the antenna removable? A: Certification requires the stock antenna to be an integral part of the radio. The GMRS-PRO antenna is permanently glued in place and tampering with the antenna will void the radio’s warranty. What made you think it WAS removable? I have no plans to purchase one, so no first hand experience with that model...

I recently purchased the same exact package. I bought the proper Baofeng programming cable, and downloaded the free Radioddity software for their GM-30. Worked perfectly, first time, no fuss or muss figuring out com ports or anything else. With radio off, plug in the programming cable to desktop and radio. Open the application (after installing the download), turn on the radio. The FIRST thing you should do is "Read from Radio", then save that file as your original factory setup, before making ANY changes. This package came with all 22 of the FRS/GMRS shared channels pre-programmed, as well as 8 pre-programmed repeater (duplex) channels with NO tones, and also 24 "DIY" channels, where, in theory, you would actually just pre-set the tones for your preferred regular use. The TX/RX freqs shown for these DIY channels does not 100% match the lower channels designated freqs, not sure just why yet...