The real "rip off" (and I guilty of it too) is the Baofeng / Wouxon Chinese programming cable, which rips off the real chip set for the cable in favor of Chinese a counterfeits chipset. My Baofeng is my new favorite for sure. At $30 for the radio and about $10-$12 for virtually any accessory, I have my radio, programming cable, second battery, battery eliminator, and whip antenna, all for about the same amount as I paid for my Wouxon, which I thought was an inexpensive radio (which it was) and about 1/5th of what I paid for my VX7-R. I just checked the VX-7R on Amazon, it is up over $400 on Amazon, so the Baofeng radio alone is less than 1/10th of a Yaesu radio alone. How they can manufacture it, ship it here, and retail it is min-boggling. Other than slave labor, I just don't see how they can do it.
While I am typing, CHIRP is awesome, thanks guys! Keep up the good work!
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Allen Shine shineallen@gmail.com wrote:
Re: will the Baofeng UV-5R+ programming cable work with the Kenwood TK2212LK (same pins)...& will CHIRP program this Kenwood? ( Kenwood's single programming CD is about $95 & their cable is about $ 39) what a rip off!
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