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And yet another update, a co-worker provided me with a Kenwood/USB programming cable with no luck and he even gave me some Wouxun programming software which is very similar to the RDA1846 software with which I tried to just read from radio. No luck there either.

I think at this point it's safe to say I have a defective radio and I'm really hoping RSOV will step up to the plate and replace it for me.