A simple Perl utility (version 0.80alpha) (still under development) for converting an ASCII data file (see the frequency list below for formatting info) into an output file which may be directly uploaded to the AR8000 via RS-232 interface. An "unformatter" (version 0.60alpha), which does the reverse (i.e. reformats a raw AR8000 data dump to a more-easily read ASCII format), will also be available someday, although it is currently not functional.