I use them, but it depends on the radio. On the ATS-909 I have everything I
want saved and organized, of course it's my oldest radio. On the Sat 800 I
only have things I listen to every day saved.

The thing which makes me reply to this thread is the SW77, at first glance,
the memory/timer setup seems confusing at best, but once I wrapped my mind
around it, I really started using those memories, and with a little time
spent programming them smartly, it does save a little time, esp when I'm
swinging my sleepy hand over there in the middle of the night to change the
freq. My wife is also accustomed to using the memories now, and she acts
like she doesn't want to push any of the other buttons.

But I'll admit I'm not using the timer function much in the SW77.. That
radio can be programmed to be more or less automated in it's operation..
While I like the memory/timer setup now that I understand it, it does seem a
bit like overkill. As opposed to the SAT-800 which is very simplistic about
memory. The ATS-909 has an excellent memory setup which makes sense from
moment 1. The ATS-909 memory holds so many it can be used as a freq
notepad.


"Jeff Wilson" wrote in message
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I don't. Not really. Honestly, while I'm happy that that Radio Australia
International is so clear, it's just another catch for me, something for
my
log book. I hear it every night, and I'm always looking for the odd catch,
not the regular one.

I think I've got 5 memories filled on my RX-320, zero on my S700, and none
on my Sangean ATS-909, apart from the manufacturer ones.

I only use memories when I'm hunting numbers stations- I can program a
bunch
in for the next hour and rapid fire between them, but then they get
discarded after that's done with.