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MANAGE THE IC R30S MEMORY CONTENTS.  WITH ALL THE AVAILABLE MEMORIES AND
FREQUENCIES AND MODES THE RADIO CAN STORE, SOFTWARE MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO
MANAGE.  I DIDNT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY EITHER SOFTWARE PACKAGE DURING
THIS REVIEW, BUT I PERFORMED ONE EXPERIMENT WITH INTERESTING RESULTS.  IN
THE MEMORY MENU, THERE IS AN OPTION TO EXPORT THE MEMORY CONTENTS AS A CSV
COMMA SEPARATED VALUES FILE.  I DID THIS, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO IMPORT THE
RESULT INTO MICROSOFT EXCEL.  IT WORKED, AND I WAS ABLE TO VIEW AND EDIT
THE MEMORIES IN EXCEL, SAVE THE FILE, AND THEN SUCCESSFULLY LOAD IT BACK
INTO THE IC R30.  USING THE ICOM OR RT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR
MORE ELEGANT, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE.  GPS
RECEIVER AS LONG AS WERE DISCUSSING MEMORY CARD STORAGE, THIS IS A GOOD
TIME TO INTRODUCE THE FACT THAT THE IC R30 HAS A BUILT IN GLOBAL
POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS RECEIVER.  THE GPS RECEIVER SEEMED TO BE QUITE
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