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quickshooter45

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other than motorola cable and rib. is there a reliable way to program with generic cable or rib?

where to get generic at.?? anyone have good luck with ribless??
 

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You can get aftermarket programming cables on eBay all day long, though i would stick with OEM. Maratrac uses the same cable as the Maxtrac/Radius.
 

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thanks

I found sandys rib he makes to be a way to go also. thanks for info..
 

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I have been using the cable below for about a year and have had no problems at all.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Programming-cab...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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Stay away from the ribless cables for DOS RSS programmed radios. You can get a RIB clone on eBay for about $35. They work fine. A lot of the cables, like the Maxtrac/Maratrac cable, you can make yourself - diagrams on batlabs.com.
 
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