those cables are fine.
They are exact copies of the original cables using the exact same
components, just made by the million in china and built for nearly nothing.
You can also buy radio clones off ebay from china which are essentially
precisely the same as the original, at a fraction of the price.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: TH-F6A is home


>     I have already bookmarked relevant sites, so am ready after next week.
> (grins)  After I read thru the Gordon West book (great reading too) I went
> back and looked at all the links that were listed.  The FCC site is among
> the lucky ones I saved.
>
>     As to the environment at the convention, I will try to get the local
> repeaters and save them.  I go to Portland fairly often so it wont hurt to
> do this.  Am thinking I should have ordered a programming cable too.
Hmmm.
> I see them on eBay, and they come from China.  Are they any good?  Be
about
> $20 with shipping.  (back to reading the manual)
>
> *---*  *---*  *---*  *---*  *---*
> Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
> Robert & Dreamer Doll (Guide Dawggie)
> Newport, Oregon
> N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup
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> http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/
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