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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
M
EMORY
S
CAN
VFO
AND
M
EMORY
S
CANNING
1. Set the transceiver up in the memory mode by pressing
the [
V/M
] button briefly, if necessary.
2. Rotate the (
VFO-A
)[
SQL
] knob so that the background
noise is just silenced.
3. Press and hold in the microphone’s [
UP
] or [
DWN
]
key for 1/2 second to start scanning in the specified
direction.
4. The scanner will now cause the transceiver to incre-
ment in the chosen direction until a signal is detected.
When a signal is encountered which opens the squelch,
the transceiver pauses on the signal and stays locked
on its frequency for five seconds. Thereafter, scanning
will resume whether or not the other station’s trans-
mission has ended. While the transceiver is in the
“pause” condition, the decimal points in the frequency
display area will blink.
5. If the incoming signal disappears, scanning will resume.
6. To cancel the scanning, press the microphone’s [
UP
]
or [
DWN
] key briefly.
A
DVICE
:
During Memory Group operation, only the channels
within the current Memory Group will be scanned.
If the scan has paused on a signal, pressing the
microphone’s [
UP
] or [
DWN
] key will cause scanning
to resume instantly.
If you press the microphone’s
PTT
switch during scan-
ning, the scanner will halt at once. Pressing the
PTT
switch during scanning will not cause transmission,
however.
You may select the manner in which the scanner re-
sumes while it has paused on a signal, using Menu item
“
045 GENE SCN RSM
”. The default “
TIME
” setting
will cause the scanner to resume scanning after five
seconds; you may change it, however, to resume only
after the carrier has dropped out, if you like See page
125.
Q
UICK
P
OINT
:
If you have no interest in scanning, and wish to prohibit
the microphone’s [
UP
]/[
DWN
] keys from initiating scan-
ning, you may disable scanning control from the micro-
phone using Menu item “
044 GENE MIC SCN
” (set it to
“
DISABLE
”).
[V/M] Button
