The SWL frequency information that is in the file swl1.csv on the download page of the website (http://www.g4hfq.co.uk/download.html) has been converted into a format suitable for importing into FTBVR5K.

The frequencies have been grouped into separate files by frequency range.

All of the files are in a self extracting .exe file called vr5kswl1.exe

Download and run the file. It will extract the CSV files to your C:\Program Files\FTBVR5K folder.

1. When the files are extracted OK, run FTBVR5K and load up a memory image from the receiver using 'Read VR5000'. 

2. Save a backup copy to your hard disk using 'Write Disk File' in case you want to get back to how you started.

3. Then set up a new bank for each of the files you wish to import: click the Banks tab, then click the Bank menu and then Add Bank.

4. Now click the Memories tab to show your memories. For each new bank you have added there will be 1 memory showing a frequency of 144MHz. These can later be deleted, but must be left alone at this stage.

5. Click the 'Import All CSV' button. The 'Open' dialog box should show the CSV files we have imported. Click on the filename you want to import and then click the Open button.

6. When the dialog box FTBVR5K is shown you are asked which memory bank you wish to use. Type in the bank number of one of the new banks created earlier and then click OK.

7. The memories should then be imported and a message 'Import completed' displayed. Click OK and see what you have imported.

8. If you want to, you can now delete the first memory of this bank, because that is the 144MHz one we had to create when setting up the new bank.

9. Repeat the Import sequence for each file you want to use - there may be some bands of no interest, so just ignore them.

10. When you are happy with what you have got, take a copy to disk, then write the memory image back to the rig.

If you get into a mess you can start over by loading the backup copy of the memories that you took at step 2. 
Remember that nothing in the VR-5000 is affected until you write back to it in step 10.

You can edit the CSV files using a text editor (e.g. Wordpad) or a spreadsheet.

Don't get too carried away adding hundreds of frequencies that you won't use very much. Deleting the entries takes far longer than adding them. You may find that the FTBasic Memory Grid is a more convenient way of handling large numbers of memories.