Use these screens to customize many set menu features of the radio. These channels are preprogrammed in the radio and while the frequency can be changed to another within the band, they cannot be left blank. You do not need to program into VFO before programming details into a memory channel. Remember these are not real memory channels since the details are lost as soon as you tune the radio manually.

The program makes available the same VFO’s as in the radio (usually one per band). Everything in the radio is replaced by everything in the file. Remember, radio programming is an overwrite process. You could have one file for home, a different one for the vacation house, another for the trip to your son’s house, another for the yearly 3K run and picnic where you help direct traffic and want the radio to be programmed with only the frequencies for that event. Actually, create and save as many files as you want or need. This is a computer, after all, and you would hate to lose your work should the system fail. Then with just a few button clicks, you have a file with hundreds of entries and all you typed was your location (i.e., zip code or city).

Use the links to external data sources (File | External data) built right into the programmer to access repeater details for your area or for a location you plan to visit. Then customize Name and Tone to match the details you have for that local repeaters. When you press Enter or Tab to leave the Receive frequency field, the program will complete details for the channel. Begin by entering a receive frequency (that will be the frequency published for the repeater).

Start setting up details for your radio in a “factory fresh” file (File|New) or in the file that was created when you did Communications | Get data from the radio. Even if the radio is not yet set up with memory channels, there are details that the programmer needs to get from the radio. Next, make all the connections between the radio and the computer and complete Communications | Get data from radio. The programming process begins by first installing the program then installing (and allowing) the drivers for the cable. The Radio Programmer Is for so Much More than Just Memory Management. No more “function key frustration” from trying to set options from the face of the radio. Details of memory channels and other set menu options of your radio are in the program to access and study at your pace. The BAO-10R Radio Programming Software is designed to make it easier to program your radio.

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