Basic operation 33
Making a call while scanning
If you wish to make a call while your radio is scanning:
1
Lift the microphone off the microphone clip.
2
Press the PTT key to transmit. If the amber LED is flashing,
your radio will now call the currently selected channel.
3
If standard scan is active and there has been no recent
activity on the channel (the amber LED is glowing rather
than flashing), then the channel that is called depends on
the way your radio has been programmed. The possible
options are:
— your radio calls a predetermined channel e.g.
your dispatcher,
— your radio calls the channel where activity was
last detected, or
— your radio calls the last free channel.
4
When the called party responds, proceed with
your conversation.
Suspending a channel from a scanning group
If a member channel of a scan group is busy for a long time
and you do not wish to hear the conversation, you may be
able to use the function key programmed for nuisance delete
to temporarily delete it from the scan group.
When the scan group is next selected, or after the radio has
been turned off and then on, the deleted channel is again
part of the scan group.
Alternatively, the function key programmed for scanning may
be programmed so that:
■
a short key press turns on scanning, and
■
a long key press activates nuisance delete.
Press and hold the function key programmed for scanning to
remove the current channel from the scanning group.
