CS-R8600 Software

[jazzboypro]

Hello all,

Last week i received my R8600. I manually programmed 25 Program scans. Half of them are for the shortwave bands and the other half are for the HF amateur bands. I was a bit surprised to see that i could not configure a name for the program scans considering that you can on an IC-R30.

Today i received the CS-R8600 Programming/cloning software. I imported the receiver config into the software. I could see in the software that for the program scans the name column can be edited and i replaced 00A and 00B with "SWL 120 Meter" and i saved the config. I uploaded the file to the receiver. I turned the receiver off and on and i went to scan the first program scan. I was expecting to see the new name but i still see P0A P0B. It looks like the name is not getting imported into the receiver. Do any of you know if it's normal ?

I have also noted that in the software, the modes are different for the A and B edges. As an example, 01A is set to AM and 01B is set to FM, why is there an entry for each edge ?

Another thing, the antenna column indicates ANT1 but the receiver is set to use ANT3.

Any idea about what is causing this behavior ?

Thanks
73
VA2FCS

 

[N1FKO]

The programmed scan can be a bit confusing because you can make changes to it in two different places. You can hit Scan, choose Prog, and adjust things on that screen. You can also choose the Scan Edge group with GRP^ or GRPv, then hit Menu and choose Memory to edit those same entries like other memories.