‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2013 QST PAGE 43‰ CHANNELS 25 PAIRS AND 4 CALL CHANNELS. ALSO, 26 MEMORY BANKS, A TO Z, CAN BE USED TO STORE GROUPS OF OPERATING CHANNELS, AND SO ON. UP TO 100 CHANNELS CAN BE ASSIGNED TO A BANK. I PROGRAMMED MEMORY CHANNELS USING THE RT SYSTEMS WWW. RTSYSTEMSINC. COM SOFTWARE AND CABLE, WITH THANKS TO SCOTT FREUDENTHAL, K2LSF, FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FOR SENDING ME HIS INCREDIBLE MEMORY CHANNEL FILE, AND FOR HIS PATIENT MENTORING YOU CAN CATCH HIM ON REFLECTOR 037C. THE SOFTWARE AND CABLE WORK GREAT WITH THE ID 51A. IT IS EASY TO USE, AND WILL HAVE YOUR MEMORIES UPLOADED AND IN USE WITHIN JUST MINUTES. ALL OF THE NECESSARY MEMORY CHANNEL DATA FIELDS ARE THERE, AND MANY MORE. ICOMS CS 51 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE COMES ON THE CD PACKED WITH THE RADIO. FURTHER, A PROGRAMMING CABLE IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ