5 MEMORY AND SCAN OPERATION

Scan types

PROGRAMMED SCAN

Repeatedly scans between two scan edge frequencies (scan edge memory channels 1A and 1B).

 

Scan

Scan edge 1A or 1B

Scan edge 1B or 1A

 

Jump

This scan operates in VFO mode.

PRIORITY WATCH

Checks for signals on a memory or call channel while operating on a VFO frequency.

Memory channel watch

Call channel watch

VFO

Memory

VFO

Call

frequency

channel

frequency

channel

This scan operates in VFO mode.

MEMORY SCAN

Repeatedly scans all programmed memory channels.

BLANK

S(select)

Mch 2

Mch 3

Mch 4

Mch 1 S (select)

 

S (select) Mch 5

Mch 99

Mch 7

Mch 6

S (select)

S (select)

 

This scan operates in memory mode.

SELECTED MEMORY SCAN

Repeatedly scans all selected memory channels.

BLANK

S(select)

Mch 2

Mch 3

Mch 4

Mch 1 S (select)

 

S (select) Mch 5

Mch 99

Mch 7

Mch 6

S (select)

S (select)

 

This scan operates in memory mode.

Preparation

Channels

For programmed scan: Program scan edge frequen- cies into scan edge memory channels 1A and 1B (p. 34).

For memory scan: Program 2 or more memory chan- nels except scan edge memory channels.

For memory select scan: Designate 2 or more memo- ry channels as select memory channels—select a memory channel, then push [(F-2)SEL] in the S2 dis- play (memory mode) to designate the channel as a select memory channel.

For priority watch: Program 1 memory channel to be watched.

Scan resume ON/OFF

You can select the scan to resume or cancel when detecting a signal, in initial set mode, item 21. Scan resume ON/OFF must be set before operating a scan. See p. 53 for ON/OFF setting and scan resume con- dition details.

Scan speed

Scan speed can be selected from 2 levels, high or low, in initial set mode. See p. 47 for details.

Squelch condition

SCAN

PROGRAMMED

MEMORY SCANS

STARTS

SCAN

PRIORITY WATCH

WITH

 

 

 

The scan continues

Scan pauses on each

 

until it is stopped

channel when the

 

manually, and does

scan resume is ON;

 

not pause even if it

not applicable when

SQUELCH

detects signals.

OFF.

This is not applicable

 

OPEN

when the scan

 

 

 

 

resume is OFF and a

 

 

programmable step

 

 

(more than 1 kHz) is

 

 

selected.

 

 

Scan stops when detecting a signal.

SQUELCH

If you set scan resume ON in initial set mode,

the scan pauses for 10 sec. when detecting a

CLOSED

signal, then resumes. When a signal disap-

 

pears while scan is paused, scan resumes 2

 

sec. later.

 

 

 

 

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