I’m getting my Yaesu FT-60R HT set up, and wanted to share my memory settings, both in case others find it useful (I didn’t find a lot of recommendations about how to do it) and in case folks have suggestions.
I have (mixing 2m and 70cm):
- simplex channels
- repeaters, grouped by geographic region, focusing on ones with nets or where I’ve heard folks talking
- satellites
For memory banks, I initially had each of those separate. But my usage of memory banks is around either scanning or manually selecting a channel:
- scan my current location’s repeaters + simplex channels
- select satellite channels for quick selection during doppler changes
So, I decided to change my memory groups to (a) always include simplex channels plus (b) include one geo plus © include satellite near-azimuth frequencies just in case; and then separately have a bank just for satellites for manual selection. (This is all set up in CHIRP, which worked seamlessly with the OEM programming cable and has a nice popup with the button sequence to get the HT into clone mode. Couldn’t get it running on Linux though, probably because I haven’t updated my Ubuntu in a while.)
We’ll see how it works! Do folks organize things differently?
Have you considered sharing the configuration as a CSV?
As for installing chirp, I’m pretty sure that it’s packaged for Ubuntu in the repository, rather than attempting to install the latest version from the source.
Happy to share files!
I don’t know a way to attach a file in Piefed, but here’s the CSV contents:
Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,RxDtcsCode,CrossMode,Mode,TStep,Skip,Power,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL,DVCODE 1,2MCALL,146.520000,,0.600000,,74.4,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,2M National calling frequency,,,, 2,2MADVN,146.580000,,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"2M North America Adventure Frequency (NAAF), often SOTA",,,, 3,BARCSM,147.420000,,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,BARC simplex talkaround,,,, 4,70CALL,446.000000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,70cm Calling frequency,,,, 5,WALTHM,146.640000,-,0.600000,Tone,136.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Waltham Wranglers Swap Net Weds 9PM,,,, 6,BOSBRC,145.230000,-,0.600000,Tone,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"Daily traffic net 8PM, BARC club Mon 9PM",,,, 7,DANVRS,145.470000,-,0.600000,Tone,136.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,NSRA net Sun 8:30PM,,,, 8,BOSMRA,146.820000,-,0.600000,Tone,146.2,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"MMRA, nets daily 9:45PM, club Tues 8PM, first Mon 8:30PM",,,, 9,K1USN,145.390000,-,0.600000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"K1USN swap net Fri 8PM, 2M net Sat 9AM",,,, 10,STARS,446.325000,-,5.000000,Tone,146.2,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Sci-Tech ARC Net Tues 8PM,,,, 11,MARBRO,446.675000,-,5.000000,Tone,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"Algonquin ARC, Sun 7PM",,,, 12,TRURO,147.255000,+,0.600000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"Cape: Pilgrim Net daily 9PM, weekly Sun 8PM",,,, 13,TISBRY,147.345000,+,0.600000,Tone,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Cape: Martha's Vineyard,,,, 14,FALMTH,147.375000,+,0.600000,Tone,110.9,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"Cape: N1YHS, listed by Falmouth ARA",,,, 15,DENNIS,146.955000,-,0.600000,Tone,88.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"W1MA Elmer Net, 2/3/4th Mondays, Barnstable ARC Sunday 7PM, ARES Wed 8PM",,,, 16,GRNFLD,147.120000,+,0.600000,Tone,131.8,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Western MA: KB1BSS,,,, 17,BTLBRO,146.865000,-,0.600000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Western MA: WR1VT,,,, 18,FTCHBG,145.450000,-,0.600000,Tone,74.4,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"Western MA: W1GZ, net Sunday 9",,,, 19,GRDNER,145.370000,-,0.600000,Tone,136.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Western MA: N1WW,,,, 20,ORANGE,146.625000,-,0.600000,Tone,110.9,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Western MA: NA1P,,,, 21,HNVRTS,145.330000,-,0.600000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"Enfield: W1FN, Twin State Radio Club",,,, 22,HNVR,146.640000,-,0.600000,Tone,110.9,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Enfield: W1UWS,,,, 23,ALFRDW,145.410000,-,0.600000,Tone,103.5,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Mousam: WJ1L,,,, 24,ALFRDK,147.345000,+,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Mousam: KB1PRG,,,, 25,SO50AR,436.805000,split,145.850000,Tone,74.4,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Activate SO-50's 10 minute timer for repeater activity,,,, 26,SO50AS,436.810000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"SO-50 around AOS, +15kHz",,,, 27,SO50+T,436.805000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 28,SO50+5,436.800000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 29,SO50AZ,436.795000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,SO-50 center frequency for azimuth,,,, 30,SO50-5,436.790000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 31,SO50-T,436.785000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 32,SO50LS,436.780000,split,145.850000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"SO-50 around LOS, -15 kHz",,,, 33,ISSAOS,437.815000,split,145.995000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"ISS around AOS, +15kHz",,,, 34,ISS+10,437.810000,split,145.990000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 35,ISS+5,437.805000,split,145.990000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 36,ISSAZ,437.800000,split,145.990000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,Center frequenc for ISS at azimuth,,,, 37,ISS-5,437.795000,split,145.990000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 38,ISS-10,437.790000,split,145.990000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,,,,, 39,ISSLOS,437.785000,split,145.985000,Tone,67.0,88.5,023,NN,023,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,5.0W,"ISS around LOS, -15kHz",,,,Nice!