Ah, ok, John. I'll see what I can do here. That is the project for
this morning, since I'm trying to get a number of radios programmed for a
week-long state-wide Michigan bicycle tour, for which I'm net control
starting Saturday.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: interesting TMV71A dilemma
> It will be when you go to program it either via software, or if you go to
> memory 1 and then program the next memory down instead of up it will go to
> memory 0
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: interesting TMV71A dilemma
>
>
>> But, how can I get back to memory 0 on the TMV71A, since it's not on
>> my
>> memory list?
>>
>> In other words, is there a way to access or resurrect memory 0, even
>> though
>> it's not on my current memory list?
>>
>> If so, I'll do what you say, and mannually put something in there just to
>> fill it, rather than going back to the software and trying to re-design
>> things.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: interesting TMV71A dilemma
>>
>>
>>> What I did for a friend in the same boat, after he had it all programmed
>>> is
>>> I just put any old thing in memory 0, 146.52 or something, just so he
>>> had
>>> that beep. You can go in the software and probably move everything up 1
>>> slot
>>> but it's probably a lot easier to just put a simplex freq in channel 0
>>> or
>>> something. I know what you mean, the TM-271 is that way and a friend of
>>> mine
>>> actually programmed his like you did but he uses the beep while driving
>>> so
>>> he doesn't have to look down at the radio. We just put that simplex freq
>>> in
>>> channel 0 and he's happy again.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:48 PM
>>> Subject: interesting TMV71A dilemma
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, folks.
>>>>
>>>> Well, I have an interesting dilemma with the memory programming for my
>>>> two
>>>> TMV71A's, and I'll explain it as clearly as I can.
>>>>
>>>> I have a combination of TMV7a's and TMV71A's here that both my xyl and
>>>> I
>>>> use. In the name of simplicity, I've decided to program the memories
>>>> in
>>>> all
>>>> of the radios so that the memory channel lists are all
>>>> identical--starting
>>>> with memory 1, and going through whatever memory I need on each VFO.
>>>>
>>>> To make a very long story short, I have managed to do this, but in
>>>> doing
>>>> so,
>>>> have discovered something interesting when comparing the TMV7A and
>>>> TMV71A
>>>> memory lists.
>>>>
>>>> Apparently, the TMV7a memories start with memory 1, so you get the nice
>>>> orienting beep when in memory 1 in that rig, which tells you you're at
>>>> the
>>>> beginning of the memory list.
>>>>
>>>> The TMV71A is different, though. I sort of knew this, but didn't think
>>>> of
>>>> it until I had configured all of the TMV71A software. The TMV71A
>>>> apparently
>>>> starts its memory list at 0, which is where the orienting beep is for
>>>> the
>>>> beginning of the list. Since my memory lists now start at 1, I no
>>>> longer
>>>> have the orienting beep at the beginning of the TMV71A memory list.
>>>>
>>>> I really don't want to do the whole memory list over, so will probably
>>>> just
>>>> have to live with the problem, although it might be good for others to
>>>> know
>>>> about.
>>>>
>>>> My only other thought would be to somehow manually insert memory 0 back
>>>> into
>>>> the TMV71A, so I can get the orienting beep again.
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone know if this is possible, and how to do it?
>>>>
>>>> Again, this is not the end of the world, but it is a "live and learn"
>>>> kind
>>>> of thing, and I'm still learning. (grin)
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
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