Hi All
I am fairly new to the amateur radio scene. After being into CB's many years ago, I have decided to join the amateur radio world. I am taking my Tech and maybe the Extra test next week.
I am the proud new owner of the VX-8DR w/GPS and have had it for about two weeks now. I wanted to start off with a portable unit and then maybe get a more powerful mobile/base radio down the road.
I have been learning all of the features on it, both through the manual as well as the Nifty manual. This is a great radio and very fun to use. The problem that I am having is that I can't seem to figure out how to delete some memory channels that I stored into the memory register (MR, not the other frequency banks). I can delete memories from the other banks, B1, B2, etc., but not from MR. I've checked the manual and also the nifty manual several times, but I can't seem to get it right. When I try to follow what I think are the steps to do this, I end up being asked to "Mask" the channel in memory, or store the freq. that I am trying to delete, into the next available memory slot. Must be missing a step or something. Can anyone let me know what I am doing incorrect?
I am thinking about getting the radio programming software, as it seems like a good interface and an easy way to store and organize frequencies.
Any comments greatly appreciated.
This is a great forum with lots of good info.
Thanks and 73's.
I am fairly new to the amateur radio scene. After being into CB's many years ago, I have decided to join the amateur radio world. I am taking my Tech and maybe the Extra test next week.
I am the proud new owner of the VX-8DR w/GPS and have had it for about two weeks now. I wanted to start off with a portable unit and then maybe get a more powerful mobile/base radio down the road.
I have been learning all of the features on it, both through the manual as well as the Nifty manual. This is a great radio and very fun to use. The problem that I am having is that I can't seem to figure out how to delete some memory channels that I stored into the memory register (MR, not the other frequency banks). I can delete memories from the other banks, B1, B2, etc., but not from MR. I've checked the manual and also the nifty manual several times, but I can't seem to get it right. When I try to follow what I think are the steps to do this, I end up being asked to "Mask" the channel in memory, or store the freq. that I am trying to delete, into the next available memory slot. Must be missing a step or something. Can anyone let me know what I am doing incorrect?
I am thinking about getting the radio programming software, as it seems like a good interface and an easy way to store and organize frequencies.
Any comments greatly appreciated.
This is a great forum with lots of good info.
Thanks and 73's.
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