Icom IC-A5 instruction manual Scan Operation, Scan types, COM band scan, Memory scan

5 SCAN OPERATION

■Scan types

The U.S.A. version has 3 scan types to suit your needs. The non-U.S.A. versions have 2 scan types.

COM BAND SCAN
						Repeatedly scans all fre-
	108.00	118.00		136.975		quencies over the entire
	MHz	MHz			MHz	COM band.
			Scan
			Jump

■COM band scan

qPush [CLR] to select VFO mode.

wSet squelch to the point where noise is just muted.

e Push , then push [SQL (SCAN)] to start the scan.

•When a signal is received, the scan pauses until it disap- pears.

•To change the scanning direction, rotate the [DIAL].

rTo stop the scan, push [CLR].

■Memory scan

MEMORY SCAN

non-TAG channel

Mch 2	Mch 4	Mch 6
Mch 1			Mch 7
Mch 19	Mch 10	Mch 8	non-TAG
			channel

Repeatedly scans all “TAG” memory channels. Used for checking often- used channels and by- passing usually busy channels such as control- tower frequencies..

qPush [MR] to select memory mode.

wSet squelch to the point where noise is just muted.

e Push , then push [SQL (SCAN)] to start the scan.

•When a signal is received, the scan pauses until it disap- pears.

•To change the scanning direction, rotate the [DIAL].

rTo stop the scan, push [CLR].

WEATHER CHANNEL SCAN

Repeatedly scans all “TAG” weather channels. Weather channels are available for the U.S.A. version only.

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