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[Star Trek] If the atmosphere or radiation prevents beaming up, can a ship lower a shielded cable which lets the data for the people being transported up to the ship for Re-materialization?

the cable would be extremely long.  but hypothetically would it work?  and if so why don’t ships carry them?
gpt
Shuttle craft are a much cheaper and simpler option.

iirc there was one episode of TNG where they dropped probes into the atmosphere and used them as a transporter 'relay' moving the signal up to the ship.