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Dick LeadWinger wrote:

I would think that most modern rigs would allow that. All of my
radios do. I have a Kenwood TH-F6A, TH-D7A, TM-D700A and Icom IC-746.
All are programmable by computer without cloning from another radio.
I wouldn't own a radio today that didn't have that capability.

Although it's possible to program the memories on many radios using
computer software (and, I agree, it's almost essential in these days
of multiple-hundred-memory radios), the actual _protocol_ used in the
programming of most radios tends to be cloning-based. That is, in
order to update the programming of the radio, you first upload its
entire nonvolatile-memory bank, then update specific portions of it
using PC software, and then download the updated NVRAM image to the
radio.

To the radio, this process looks like a "clone another radio" followed
by a "be cloned" operation. It's relatively slow (takes a minute or
two, plus image-editing time) and is disruptive of the radio's normal
operation.

What I believe that the original poster wants, is a radio which allows
selective memory updating, direct tuning commands, and so forth, via
software control.

I'd suggest checking out the Linux/Unix "hamlib" package, which has
drivers for many of the radios which have such capabilities.

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