Umm.. That is incorrect.?
The FT-60 has up to 10 memory banks, or groups. See page 33 of the manual for details. And they are made for essentially exactly what you are trying to do. You would create a master bank with cross-populated memories, and then individual banks for each municipality or jurisdiction you wish to have separated.?
But, you can achieve sort of the same thing just segregating your channels in a single bank too, which is what most people do. It's not like the FT-60 makes for a good scanner. And it is single receive only. You are only operating on a single channel at any given time. But... that is totally up to you. Your radio, and your organization. You will figure it out. And as soon as you have it all programmed in there, and use a it a few times, you will probably decide to change it around again anyway - just like the rest of us. ?:)
I do not recall if CHIRP supported the memory banks. You may want to get something like RTS software if you really want to move things around and fully utilize the memory banks.
Ray?
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From: "Mark Lassman kb6kgx@... [FT-60]" <
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Sent: 5/8/2017 8:04:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FT-60] Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
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The FT60 does not use "memory banks". There are 999 memory "channels", not separated by "banks", as older scanners used to be.?
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I am a new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I have a list of frequencies by city that are used in emergencies and for net control. It looks like the memory banks might be what I am looking for.?
Memory Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA frequency list
Memory Bank 2 for Mountain View, CA frequency list
Memory Bank 3 for Los Gatos, CA frequency list
etc.?
This way I could have a long list of frequencies divided by city. I have looked at the manual and am confused. The current single list of frequencies I have on my Yaesu was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a source for a good explanation of how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use Chirp to load the frequencies into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that can point me in the right direction.
Joy
