I’m getting my Yaesu FT-60R HT set up, and wanted to share my memory settings, both in case others find it useful (I didn’t find a lot of recommendations about how to do it) and in case folks have suggestions.

I have (mixing 2m and 70cm):

• simplex channels
• repeaters, grouped by geographic region, focusing on ones with nets or where I’ve heard folks talking
• satellites

For memory banks, I initially had each of those separate. But my usage of memory banks is around either scanning or manually selecting a channel:

• scan my current location’s repeaters + simplex channels
• select satellite channels for quick selection during doppler changes

So, I decided to change my memory groups to (a) always include simplex channels plus (b) include one geo plus © include satellite near-azimuth frequencies just in case; and then separately have a bank just for satellites for manual selection. (This is all set up in CHIRP, which worked seamlessly with the OEM programming cable and has a nice popup with the button sequence to get the HT into clone mode. Couldn’t get it running on Linux though, probably because I haven’t updated my Ubuntu in a while.)

We’ll see how it works! Do folks organize things differently?