EFJohnson 8500 manual Scan Resume Delay, Transmitting In Scan

SYSTEM SCAN

display always changes to the system of the call and usually changes to the group of the call. The selected system or group can be changed while scanning by simply pressing the system or group select switch. Scanning then halts and the selected system or group changes. Scanning resumes 1 second after a switch is released.

Some transceivers may be programmed so that the conventional and some Multi-Net systems may not be scanned. If this is the case with your transceiver, your system operator will tell you which systems are not scanned.

Scan Resume Delay

After a message is received or transmitted in the scan mode, there is a delay period of 1-7 seconds before scanning resumes. The exact length of this delay is programmed by your system operator. When a message is received, this delay prevents another message from being received before a response can be made. If a response is not made during this delay period, the selected system and group may have to be changed (refer to next section). When a message is transmitted, this delay ensures that a response to your message is heard instead of some other message occur- ring on another system or group.

Transmitting In Scan

When you transmit while scanning (dashes in both the system and group displays), the transmission always occurs on the revert system/ group. This is the system and group that were displayed when scanning was turned on. To display the revert system and group while scanning, temporarily halt scanning by pressing the SCN key, Auxiliary switch, or PTT switch. If a message is received while scanning, scanning stops and the system and group of the call are displayed. If the transmitter is keyed to respond to this call, Floating/Fixed Revert programming determines the system and group on which the transmission occurs:

Floating - When Floating Revert is programmed, you can always respond to the call without having to change the selected system/ group as long as you do so before the scan resume delay expires (see

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