Another M710 Programming question

[Distantsignals]

Icom M710 Marine SSB

I have the Icom M710 SSB transceiver. There are two versions, ham and marine and marine only. I have the older marine only.

I have everything needed to program it for the ham radio bands. I am a licensed ham radio operator. The programming ex1726 lists 5 possible options. The radio seems set for #1 USA General which does not get the ham transmit radio bands.

The options are
#1 USA General
#2 USA Marine
#3 USA GMDSS
#11 Europe Marine
#12 Europe GMDSS

The program is a DOS program and I have an Windows 98 computer that will be used for it. I have the programming cord and the program. Does anyone have any information on which version will give me all the Ham transmit frequencies?

I looked on this and other boat and ham forums and found good information, but still need more information as to which version gives the ham transmit frequencies. I am aware that newer versions of this radio have the ham bands out of the box. The older version (which I have) has two versions which are programmable.

Has anyone programmed it with the right version? What version do I set it for? # 1, #2, #3, #11, # 12 ?

I see references to an 'expert' mode...how does does one get to that menu to program the radio manually? Is the expert mode available in the ex1726 program? I tried to change the transmit frequencies to ham manually with the program and it would not allow me to.

I notice that new radios being sold there are references to a version 21, yet the ex 1726 program does not have the version 21. I could send the radio out to be professionally modified. But with costs and shipping, I can do it myself.

I have the program, cord and DOS computer I just need to know which version to use/and or point me in the right direction. I have everything I need except where to go from here.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[fairbank56]

None of those configuration files will allow transmit on the ham bands. The first thing you want to do is to do a clone read and save that file so you can always go back to your original configuration. On your "common screen", what is the current setting for "Freq program" on the bottom right? Also, on the "Freq range" screen, on the right side, do you have freq ranges listed in each item (Tx 1st thru Tx10th)? In order to transmit on ham freq's, the "Freq program" must be set to RX/TX and the Freq range must be modified. To use expert mode you just add that option to the command line when starting the program as in...ex1726 /expert

Eric

[Distantsignals]

Thank you very much for the info.