One of the most useful features of modern Icom radios is the ability to find local repeaters using the built-in GPS receiver, but programming those repeaters can be onerous since few sources include the all-important LAT and LON coordinates.
Kudos to Mark M0LXQ whose CSV generator covers a range of formats and even allows you to insert a column containing distance from your own QTH, so you can manually sort the and limit the entries by distance from a given locator before importing the file into the radio.
If you’re new to this it’s worth mentioning that on the ID-52 / ID-50 (possibly others) you need to import the files into the repeaters list, not the regular memory in order to use the GPS function.
Thanks for the link, I’m glad you have found it useful!
I downloaded my repeater list from ICOM, which appears to work with the GPS finding local repeaters.
Am I missing something? Is this way not as accurate?
I also used the Icom list, but they’re not updated very often and may not include recently created repeaters and gateways. Mark M0LXQ updates his list daily via an automated API so they’re as fresh as fresh can be. That may not make a difference if you stay in one place and the repeaters / gateways near you are established, but whenever I’m taking my radio away for a few days I update the lists.