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UNDERSTANDING YOUR
SCANNER’S MODES
Open and Closed Modes
You can set your scanner to change
the way it receives signals. These set-
tings, called
open mode
and
closed
mode
, affect how the scanner re-
ceives signals from communications
systems that use some type of closed
squelch (such as PL, DPL, LTR, MOT,
and ED systems). You can set each of
the scanner’s channel storage banks
to open or closed mode.
In open mode, the scanner scans sig-
nals transmitted in all systems. In
closed mode, the scanner scans sig-
nals transmitted only under the follow-
ing conditions:
• When the signals are in the FM
mode.
• When the signals are in the LT,
MO, or ED mode
and
the signal's
ID code matches the programmed
ID code.
• When the signals are in the PL or
DPL mode
and
the signal's ID
code matches the programmed ID
code.
Note: When the signals are in the
PL or DPL mode, the scanner
receives all signals on a channel
when the ID code is set to NONE.
You can also select the users or talk
groups you want the scanner to re-
ceive in closed mode.
When you set a channel storage bank
to open mode,
+
(open) appears un-
der the bank’s number while scanning.
When you set a channel storage bank
to closed mode,
–
(closed) appear un-
der the channel storage bank's num-
ber while scanning. Or,
OPEN
or
CLOSED
appears while the scanner is
in manual mode or while the scanner
is receiving a signal during scanning.
See “Changing the Open/Closed
Mode” on Page 32 for more informa-
tion about setting the open and closed
modes.
LTR (E. F. Johnson) Mode
You can set your scanner so it de-
codes the talk group IDs used with
LTR systems. This setting is called the
LTR mode
.
LTR systems are trunking systems
used primarily by business or private
communications service providers,
such as taxicabs, delivery trucks, and
repair services. These systems en-
code all trunking information as digital
subaudible data that accompanies
each transmission. Users on an LTR
system are assigned to specific talk
groups, which are identified by the ra-
dio as six-digit numbers. These num-
bers are in the form
AHHUUU
, where:
A
= Area code (0 or 1)
H
= Home repeater (01 through 20)
U
= User ID (000 through 254)
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