Scanning
The
FT-2980R/E
’s scanning capability provides the operator with many convenient
methods of rapid frequency navigation.
Basic Scanner Operation
Before activating the scanner, make sure that the Squelch is set to silence the background
noise when no signal is present. Scanning is not possible while the Squelch is open (if
noise or signals are being heard).
Scanning may be started or stopped using the microphone’s [
UP
] or [
DWN
] button. The
following techniques are used for scanning:
Pressing and holding in either the [
UP
] or [
DWN
] button for one second in the
VFO
mode
will cause upward or downward
band
scanning, respectively, to begin.
Pressing and holding in either the [
UP
] or [
DWN
] button for one second in the
Mem-
ory mode
will cause memory channel scanning toward a higher- or lower-numbered
memory channel
, respectively.
Scanning pauses when a signal opens the squelch, and the decimal point on the dis-
play will blink. You can choose one of three scan-resume modes (described later).
To halt the scan manually, the easiest way is to push the
PTT
switch on the micro-
phone momentarily (no transmission will occur while you are scanning). The scan
may also be halted manually by pressing the microphone’s [
UP
] or [
DWN
] button, or
the [
D/MR
(
MW
)] key.
In the factory default setting, the scanner sweeps all frequencies while
the VFO mode and all memory channels while the Memory mode. You may
change the sweep range of the VFO mode to ±1 MHz, ±2 MHz, or ±5 MHz, or sweep
only those Memory Channels with the same “first” or “first” and “second” digits
of the alpha/numeric tag as the first channel on which scanning started, using Set
Mode items “28 MEM.SCN” and “56 VFO.SCN”. See pages 67 and 71 for de-
tails.
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