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■
Scan types
A scan automatically searches for signals, and makes it
easier to locate new stations for contact or listening purposes.
■
Channel Scan
A channel scan repeatedly scans the operating channels,
except those set as the skip channels.
q
Push
[FUNC](
M
)
, then
[SCAN](5)
to start the scan.
• To change the scan direction while scanning, push
[
S
]
or
[
T
]
.
w
To cancel the scan, push any key except
[
]
,
[
S
]/[
T
]
,
[FUNC]
,
[
]
or [
MONI
].
■
Setting skip channels
In order to speed up the scan rate, you can skip the chan-
nels you don’t want to scan.
q
Select a channel to be skipped.
➥
Push
[
S
]
or
[
T
]
to select the channel.
w
Push
[FUNC](
M
)
, and then
[SKIP](6)
to turn the skip set-
ting ON or OFF.
• “SKIP” appears when the channel is set as a skip channel.
(SKIP) CHANNEL SCAN
SKIP
SKIP
Ch 2
Ch 1
Ch 3
Ch 4
Ch 5
Ch 6
Ch 11
Ch 80
Ch 10
Ch 9
Ch 8
Ch 7
PRIORITY WATCH
(p. 20)
5 seconds
Priority
channel
Operating
channel
Appears
SCAN OPERATION
5