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LOCAL FIRE DISPATCH CHANNEL AND THE UNICOM FREQUENCY OF A NEARBY AIRPORT.
I EVEN MANAGED TO PAIR THE FTM 300DR WITH MY APPLE AIR PODS.  MEMORY
CHANNEL GROUPING ALL TRANSCEIVERS THESE DAYS HAVE FREQUENCY MEMORIES, AND
THE FTM 300DR IS NO EXCEPTION, WITH MORE THAN 1,000 MEMORIES AVAILABLE.
WHATS INTERESTING ABOUT THE WAY THE TRANSCEIVER HANDLES MEMORIES IS IN ITS
MEMORY CHANNEL GROUPING FUNCTION.  I FOUND THAT I NEEDED TO EXPERIMENT WITH
THIS FEATURE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE IT.  THE SHORT EXPLANATION
IS THAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO ASSIGN MEMORY CHANNELS TO SPECIFIC GROUPS OF YOUR
CHOOSING AND THEN RECALL THEM FOR OPERATING OR SCANNING AS THE NEED ARISES.
IT IS SOMEWHAT ANALOGOUS TO MEMORY BLOCKS FAMILIAR TO SCANNER OWNERS.  FOR
INSTANCE, YOU CAN PLACE ALL THE REPEATERS YOU NORMALLY USE FOR YOUR LOCAL
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