5.9 Scanning

Radio equipment scans a group of operator-selected frequencies (channels), and stops scanning when an incoming signal is received.

1.Press function key [F3] and then the [5] key. The Scanning Group List appears on the screen.

Scanning Group List

1

2

*3

Figure 5-12 Scanning group list

2.Select a scan group and press the [Enter] key.

3.The scanning starts and the indication "Scan" appears in in- verse video on the communication status display. (The name of the scan group appears at the "Station Name".)

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Station Name

: SAITO-1

Print

 

Scan

 

T.Op

HT

Frequency (T/R)

:

8344.00 / 8705.00(kHz)

Comm

Mode

: CW

Comm Status

:

Connect Send

Lock Error

 

 

 

Sending Volume

:

100(%)

ARQ

Error : 0

ARQ

Time

: 0(sec)

Figure 5-13 Communication status display

4.To stop scanning, press function key [F3] and then the [5] key.

5.10Communication Buffer

The communication buffer is a temporal memory which stores trans- mitting messages or receiving messages. To display the contents of the comunication buffer;

1.Escape from the communication display.

2.Press the [PgDn] or [PgUp] key. The contens of the communi- cation buffer are displayed.

To print them, press [Ctrl] and [P] keys simultaneously. To erase them from the screen, press [PgDn] key again.

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Scanning, Communication Buffer

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