This file is an amateur radio related configuration file for the ICOM ID-52 hand held transceiver, it contains the international marine channels to import into ICOMs CS-52 Configuration software for the radio. The radio can only receive on these frequencies, transmitting on these frequencies in not permitted. Please check your local regularities with regards to monitoring these channels in our country.
- Start the ICOM CS-52 software on your computer
- load the current radio configuration into the software
- backup your current configuration on your computer
- in the CS-52 software menu tree find memory CH and expand it
- click add group and name the group to your liking "e.g. Marine"
- a new empty memory table appears on the right
- right click on the newly created group and select Import -> Group (not import all !!!)
- select the MarineChannels.csv in the location you downloaded it and click open
- a warning is displayed, that all content in the current sheet will be overwritten, as we created a blank group, you can confirm this
- now you see the sheet on the right populated with the marine channels
- check the channels, if they meet your expectations
- if you are happy with the channels write the configuration back to the radio
- restart your radio
Imortant note for users in North America As CS-705 seems to handle character set different between regions I have now created two files. If one does not work, try the other one. Comma separated is working for North America.
many thanks to SM0TGU for pointing me in the right direction.
- Press MR to get into memory read mode
- press Quick -> Group Select and select the memory group "e.g. Marine"
- use the channel dial to browse the channels or long press SCAN to continuously scan these channels
- by pressing the monitor button (under the ptt) you switch to the offset frequency, therefor duplex is configured
I hope you enjoy listening to marine channels, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.
vy 73 de Christian - DK5CH