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Scanning Operation
Scan Skip Programming (Memory Mode Only)
Among the memories you have programmed, there may be some stations which you do
not wish to scan. For example, broadcast signals (which are transmitted continuously) will
cause the scanner to stop, and such channels may be skipped so as to avoid this inconve-
nience.
To remove a channel from the scanning loop:
1. Press the key momentarily, then rotate the
knob, as needed, until Operating
Function Row 2 [MW, MC, TAG] appears on the display.
2. Recall the memory channel to be skipped.
3. Press the
(MC) key momentarily. The “hyphen” in the
memory channel number will change to become a “dot”; this
shows that this channel now is not included in the scanning
loop.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as necessary to skip all
the channels you do not wish to scan.
5. Initiate memory scanning; you will observe that the channels
you marked to be skipped are not included in the scanning
loop.
6. Press the
PTT
switch to stop the scan; you may now use the
knob to step
through the channels manually - one at a time - and you will observe that the “Skipped”
channels are, nonetheless, available for recall by manual means.
7. You may restore a previously-skipped channel to the scanning loop by selecting the
channel manually, then pressing the
(MC) key momentarily so that the “dot” chang-
es to become a “hyphen”.
Scan-Resume Choices
Scanning operation requires that you have the transceiver’s audio squelched. The
transceiver then “assumes” that the opening of the squelch corresponds to the dis-
covery of a signal you may wish to listen to.
Once the scan has been halted, the transceiver pauses on the signal and stays
locked on its frequency for five seconds (default pause time). Thereafter, scanning
will resume whether or not the other station’s transmission has ended. The scan
resume interval can be set to 3/5/10 seconds, or off ( whereby scanning quits when
a signal is received) via Menu #41 (RESUME); see 60 for details.
Memory Skip “OFF”
Memory Skip “ON”
