He disconnected the cable, twisted the volume knob. Static. He keyed the mic on Channel 4. “Radio check, base.”

to confirm which COM port (e.g., COM3) is assigned to the cable. 2. Necessary Software

He navigated to File > New > IC-F310T . He copied the channel table from the old readout—frequencies, CTCSS tones, time-out timers—and pasted them into the virgin template. Then he went deeper: set the power levels to High for channels 1-4, Low for 5-8. Tweaked the squelch from “Tight” to “Loose” so the old man on Channel 3 wouldn’t get clipped mid-sentence.