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WHERE ARE THESE CHANNELS?
To take advantage of these pre-memorized user channels, you first
need to find where the user channels have been stored in YOUR
marine SSB. Try this: On your keypad, type 1-0-0 ENT. You should
be in the middle of the user channel set, at user channel 100. Next,
verify that YOUR user channels are similar to those in table A. If they
are abridged and completely different, your local marine electronics
dealer needs to provide a computer upload.
If just a few channels are different, follow your SSB instruction book
for writing over an existing memory channel frequency. Most likely,
you will be adding 5-10 new channels discovered in Table A, and
writing over, or correcting 5-10 existing channels not found in your
memory.
USER CHANNELS are specifically field re-programmable, allowing you
to add a custom lineup of popular SSB frequencies in order of their
use. The 3 digit and 4 digit ITU channels are frozen, and you cannot
alter them – only USER programmable channels may be written over.
Finally, tune in the time signals, channels 13-20, and check for
reception. These signals are on the air 24 hours a day and provide a
ready reference to make sure on board noise is not ruining reception.
Be sure to turn off any Danfoss refrigeration controllers – they can
block most strong signals with a Morse code type sound. Just be sure
to turn the fridge back on afterward!
Enjoy user programmable memory on your SSB and keep this list
handy. (See Table A, USER Channel list)
