KPG-22U alternative

[KB1VLA]

Hello,
I'm in the market for an aftermarket alternative to the Kenwood KPG-22U cable. Can anyone recommend a good quality item? I'm a little gun-shy about the Chinese stuff from eBay and Amazon.
EDIT: I should add I'm attempting to program and NX-220 with KPG-141DN.

 

[buddrousa]

Your options are buy the factory Kenwood cable or trust a clone cable. If you are programming only a clone should work great for you. If you want to do FIRMWARE then I would go with the Kenwood factory cable.

 

[kd4efm]

And they are not that expensive. Get the real deal.

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[mmckenna]

I agree, get the real one. They are built very well and I've never had any issues with the real Kenwood stuff.

However, at over $100.00 for a brand new one, it's kind of step if you just want to program one radio. It's kind of a risk thing. Lot's of people have had good luck with the after market ones on many different radio brands so they aren't all bad. As for not finding a Chinese one, not sure how to determine that.

 

[KK6ZTE]

KENWOOD PG-4Y PROGRAMMING CABLE GENUINE KENWOOD NICE LOOK

I use this "amateur" part instead of the KPG-22. Seems to work just fine. Genuine Kenwood part.

 

[kayn1n32008]

I have 3 aftermarket USB cables that I use for my Kenwood radios. I have even done firmware updates on a couple mobiles with out issue. Unless you have an old radio that requires DOS to program it, get USB cables. These are not old Motorola radios, that are hit and miss with aftermarket cables, they are Kenwood, and every Kenwood I have programmed have been with aftermarket cables, and had no failures. I have programmed: NX-700, NX200, TK-7180, TK-8180, TK7160, TK-760, TK-2170, TK-2212, TK-2202, TK-270(G), TK-280, TK-380. Not one failure, all with aftermarket USB cables. I do not even own an OEM Kenwood programming cable.


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[KK6ZTE]

Interesting experience.

I take it you haven't had issues with the aftermarket cable's TTL conversion chip causing the radio to transmit randomly when the programming cable is inserted and idle? I've got half a dozen of them and they all do that. The factory Kenwood cable doesn't have that "feature".

 

[kayn1n32008]

Interesting experience.

I take it you haven't had issues with the aftermarket cable's TTL conversion chip causing the radio to transmit randomly when the programming cable is inserted and idle? I've got half a dozen of them and they all do that. The factory Kenwood cable doesn't have that "feature".

Nope. Not once. On any of my radios.


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[KB1VLA]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I actually had a Chinese cable that came with an older HT, but it didn't work. However, I tried backdating the drivers, and I was in business! Cheap cable worked just fine.