If only there was some information here on UY. Oh wait: http://www.ultimateyota.com/showthre...ndheld-UHF-VHF

Programming radios aren't that hard. I've tried cables and Chirp but have the best luck just punching stuff in. It's a good skill to have as well because learning how to use your radio, especially in an emergency, on the trail is not good.

For the most part new HAMs don't even know what to program into their radio. I've helped others with their radios that had been programmed or cloned by others and it's a sh!t show.

Buy the radio, use it, figure out what you want and need on it and then program it. Setting squelch breaks, power, frequencies, etc are much easier once you have some understanding of what is what and how the radio works.