DJ-X100E Loading Frequencies From Squawker PC & Squawker Online

Summary: How to load frequencies into a DJ-X100E using Squawker PC’s Alinco export and Alinco’s free utility software, and what isn’t supported.

At a Glance

• Squawker PC has an “Alinco” export that writes a CSV file for the DJ-X100. It’s in the Export panel of the desktop app.
• Squawker Online (the website) has no DJ-X100 export. Use Squawker PC for this radio.
• Squawker PC’s Connect panel and Scanner Programmer don’t support the DJ-X100E. There’s no live logging or direct programming.
• The DJ-X100E manual doesn’t describe importing a CSV file. The memory loading tool is Alinco’s free utility software, so this route goes through it: export from Squawker PC, then load it with Alinco’s software.

What the Alinco Export Contains

Squawker PC’s export writes a comma-separated file with no header row and these columns for each frequency:

1. Frequency in MHz
2. Name – the short name, cut to 28 characters (the radio’s limit)
3. Mode – converted to the radio’s modes (for example AM, NAM, FM, NFM)
4. Step – chosen automatically by band (for example 8.33 kHz for civil airband, 25 kHz for military UHF air, 12.5 kHz for 2 m and 70 cm amateur and most other bands, 100 kHz for FM broadcast)
5. Skip – 0 (not skipped)
6. Offset – the repeater shift, where the data has one
7. Latitude and 8. Longitude – the station’s position, where the data has it (used for GPS Memory Scan)

Only frequencies from 30 to 470 MHz are exported. Anything outside that range is dropped, and the export tells you how many rows were left out. If you export a mixed selection, check the row count afterward. Rows are sorted by source dataset and then frequency.

Details of the format are in Exporting to Files – What Each Format Does and The Export Panel. Squawker PC is UKAFG’s Windows app.

Loading It

1. In Squawker PC choose your data (for example airband, PMR or marine) and use the Alinco export button. Save the CSV.
2. Back up first: use Alinco’s utility software to read and save the radio’s current memory. The receiver has no backup of its own, and there’s no write protection.
3. Open Alinco’s utility software (download from alinco.com, Windows 10 or later, no driver needed) and connect the radio by the supplied USB cable.
4. Load the CSV into the software’s memory list and write it to the radio. I haven’t seen the utility’s own instructions, so check its help for the exact import steps and whether it accepts this file layout directly.

Making the Most of the Data

• GPS Memory Scan: because the export includes latitude and longitude for many airports, repeaters and business sites, you can use GPS Memory Scan to hear only what’s local (see DJ-X100E Memory Scans & GPS Memory).
• Names show above the frequency; keep them short and clear.
• Banks: the export doesn’t assign banks, so group channels into banks (A-Z) in the software or on the radio (see DJ-X100E Memory Channels, Banks & Names).
• Check modes and steps after loading: airband is AM (8.33 kHz), most other UK voice services FM or NFM. Digital channels (DMR, D-STAR and so on) need their mode and code set.

Other Ways

• Type them in using DJ-X100E Memory Channels, Banks & Names, from lookups in Squawker Online (search at ukafg.co.uk/squawker-online-search).
• Squawker Online’s CSV and Excel exports are useful for a list to type from. See Exporting to Scanner Software. More tools: Common Scanner Frequencies, WTR Business search and Amateur Repeater search.