Icom IC-R20 Scan Operation, Scan types, Full Scan p, FREQUENCY/MEMORY Skip Function p

SCAN OPERATION 7

■Scan types

Scanning searches for signals automatically and makes it easier to locate new stations for contact or listening purposes.

FULL SCAN (p. 35)			Repeatedly scans all frequen-
150			cies over the entire band.
		3304.999
	kHz	MHz
			Some frequency ranges are
	Scan		not scanned according to the
	Jump		frequency coverage of the re-
			ceiver’s version.

There are 7 scan types and 4 resume conditions to suit your operating needs. The scan speed is at 100 ch/sec. (approx.) for VFO scan, 20 ch/sec. (approx) for memory scan.

SELECTED BAND SCAN			Repeatedly scans all frequen-
(p. 35)			cies over the entire selected
				6
	Band	Band	band.
	edge	edge
		Scan
		Jump

PROGRAMMED SCAN

(p. 37)

Band		Scan edges		Band
edge	xxA		xxB edge
		Scan

Repeatedly scans between two user-programmed fre- quencies. Used for checking for frequencies within a speci- fied range such as repeater output frequencies, etc.

MEMORY (SKIP) SCAN

(p. 37)

SKIP

M 1	M 2	M 3
M 0		M 4

Repeatedly scans memory channels except those set as skip channel. Skip channels can be turned ON and OFF by pushing and holding [5 SKIP] in memory mode.

Jump

M 199 M 6 M 5

SKIP

ALL/SELECTED BANK

SCAN (p. 37)

SKIP

A00 A01 A02

Repeatedly scans all bank channels or selected bank channels. The skip scan is also available.

FREQUENCY/MEMORY SKIP FUNCTION (p. 39)

Band	Band
edge	edge

Skips unwanted frequencies or channels that inconve- niently stop scanning. This function can be turned ON and OFF by pushing and

A99 A03

Scan

A98 A05 A04

SKIP

SKIP Jump SKIP

holding [5 SKIP] in either VFO or memory mode.

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