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Seems kinda pricey for a cable that normally retails for $15.

There's probably thousands of these Papa Charlie Oscar 003 programming cables on a freighter at anchor near Long Beach waiting for Newsom and the union to off load them. R&L Electronics shows only one left in stock but if you want to search duckduckgo you may find more, it's just time consuming to look.

I know I'm a year late but I had the same problem. I found a PCO003 programming cable at R&L Electronics. https://store2.rlham.com/shop/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=pco003&osCsid=e1b876j6crep2cgmrhumbqjk94&x=0&y=0&search_in_description=1 You will need to configure the scan group in two places. Then write and it will put a smile on your face. Photos attached

Funny how that works. Satellites can be shut down with a 3 finger salute (Ctrl/Alt/Del). Uncle Sugar always goes with the lowest bid. I'm sure they would use HAM operators exclusively if they didn't have the required security protocol to deal with. By the time they ran a secret background check on every 'volunteer' HAM enough money would be spent to purchase the best high end equipment that only tier one operators get to have.

GMRS is not a hobby for me, it's a survival tool with a longer reach than a cell phone. A satellite can be shut down with the flip of a switch or three key strokes on a computer. I don't care to chat with someone I don't know or ask some 'good buddy' how it looks over his shoulder. Nor do I care for idle chit-chat about what kind of antenna I'm using or why I haven't bothered to get a ham license. I'm retired and do a lot of off roading and overlanding here in Arizona where you lose a cell phone signal almost as soon as you leave a paved road. Before GMRS all I had was a CB radio that was sketchy at best. At 75 years of age I had to ask myself how far in did I want to go that I would be willing to walk out from. Well, with GMRS I have been able to make radio contact everywhere I've been so far and found it amazing how many others I have made contact with in similar remote areas as well as folks sitting at home on a base station that could contact emergency services if necessary. So yeah, GMRS is a great tool and I highly recommend it for adventurers.

I rarely hear traffic on the road anymore. Most people use their smart phone on waze for routing and road conditions. GMRS has been a savior here in Arizona for overlanding offroad because you lose a cell phone signal as soon as you leave the pavement.