The scanner pauses whenever a signal is detected which is strong enough to open the
squelch, and the decimal point on the display blinks. You have a choice of two scan-
resume modes: either _Pause mode, in which the scanner pauses for as long as the
carrier keeps the squelch open, or the _Set duration mode, in which the scanner pauses
for five seconds and then resumes scanning whether or not the signal is still present.
To set the scan-resume mode, press [F]+REV/STEP. A small "P" or "S" at the left
indicates the current mode. Press the F/WRITE key to change it, or just press the
REV/STEP button alone to return to the frequency display.
You can stop the scanner manually by pressing the PTT, UP or DWN key on the
microphone, or the D/MR button.
Memory Skip Scanning
When you have some busy channels stored in memories you may wish to skip them
when scanning other memories, but still have them available for manual selection. You
can mark a memory to be skipped by pressing [F]+SKIP while the memory is recalled.
",< SKIP" will be displayed just to the right of the memory number box, and this
memory will be skipped during scanning (although you can still recall it manually).
To unmask a scan-skip memory, just repeat the same steps you took to mask it: select
the memory manually, and press [F]+SKIP.
Programmable Memory Scanning (PMS)
In addition to band and memory scanning, the FT-712RH can scan between two
frequencies of your choice stored in the special memories labelled "L" and "U":
(1)
Store the lower edge of the desired scanning range in memory L, and the upper
edge in memory U.
(2)
With either memory U or L recalled, press the MHz button. "M TUNE" will appear
at the bottom center of the display.
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