Radio Control Software

This is really important if you can use it, you will be able to automate schedules, automatically record broadcasts, store oft-used frequencies and modes (usually far beyond your receiver's memory capacity), and generally make life easier.

I recommend FTBCat but that usually depends on what brand your receiver is. You can get it at http://www.g4hfq.co.uk/ and it works very well with the Yaesu FRG-100

This is a screenshot of FTBCAT performing a "Spectrum Scan"