So, after someone on air mentioned liking Kenwood’s, I decided to go for it and buy one… it ended up being about $80 with shipping and a microphone… I knew it would be a pain, but I figured why not…

The thing arrived and it’s kinda neat looking, I guess it’s basically what you’d find in a cab or police car…

The first thing needed is a programming cable because the thing has no buttons for programming… it’s designed to be programmed at a PC and then put in service in a vehicle where the user just selects channels… The cables are about $15 on ebay…

Rather than spend another $15 I decided to build my own… it turned OK, but ended up costing more than $15 between the bits/pieces and certainly the time…

Given the comparisons in size, I felt like this:

At this point I decided to watch Back to Future III and write this stupid post.  By next year I should have some progress…