SCAN

Scan is a useful function for hands-off monitoring of your favorite frequencies. By becoming comfortable with all types of Scan, you will increase your operating efficiency.

This transceiver provides the following types of scans.

Scan Type

Purpose

 

 

 

 

VFO Scan

Scans the entire band of the

 

frequency you selected

Normal

Program

Scans the specific frequency

ranges stored in Memory

Scan

Scan

channels 290 ~ 299

 

 

 

 

 

 

MHz Scan

Scans the frequencies within

 

a 1 MHz range

 

All-Channel

Scans all Memory channels,

Memory

Scan

from 00 to 299

Scan

Group Scan

Scans the specific Memory

 

channel groups

 

VFO

Scans the Call channel and

Call

the current VFO frequency

 

Scan

Memory

Scans the Call channel and

 

Channel

the selected Memory channel

 

 

Scans the current operating

 

 

frequency as well as a

 

 

specified number of

 

VFO

frequencies above and below

Visual

 

that frequency. The signal

 

strength of each channel is

Scan*

 

 

displayed in a bar-graph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scans the Memory channels

 

Memory

and displays the signal

 

Channel

strength of each channel in a

 

 

bar-graph

*Visual Scan graphically shows how frequencies in a specific range are busy.

Note:

◆While using CTCSS or DCS, Scan stops only for the signals that contain the same CTCSS tone or DCS code that you selected.

◆When using S-meter Squelch, Scan stops when the received signal strength matches or exceeds the S-meter setting. Scan resumes 2 seconds after the signal level drops below the S-meter setting.

◆Pressing and holding Mic [PTT] causes Scan to stop if it is functioning on a non TX band. Pressing Mic [PTT] on the scanning band causes Scan to stop.

◆Starting Scan switches OFF the Automatic Simplex Checker.

NORMAL SCAN

When you are operating the transceiver in VFO mode, 2 types of scanning are available.

•VFO Scan

The transceiver scans the entire band of the frequency you selected. For example, if you are operating and receiving on the main transceiver’s VFO A at 14.195.00 MHz, it scans all the frequencies in the range of 30.00 kHz to 60.00000 MHz. (Refer to VFO frequency range in the Specifications.)

•Program Scan

By programming the start and end frequency in Memory channels 290 ~ 299 {page 62}, you can limit the scanning frequency range. Since there are 10 memory channels (290 ~ 299) available for specifying the start and end frequency, you can select one or more (a maximum of 10) ranges to scan. This is useful when you are waiting for a DX station on a certain frequency but the station may appear on slightly higher or lower frequency.

VFOSCAN

VFO Scan scans the entire frequency range that is available for the current VFO. When the Program Scan frequency range is not programmed or no Scan Group is selected for the Program Scan, the transceiver also scans the entire frequency range available for the current VFO.

If one or more Program Scan frequency ranges are programmed in memory channels 290 to 299:

1Press [FUNC], [SCAN/ SG.SEL].

2If one or more memory channels are selected for the Program Scan, the selected channels are displayed in a larger font on the main dot-matrix display.

In this case, press [•/ DCS/SEL]to temporarily deselect all the channels. When there are no Scan Group channels selected, “VFO SCN MODE” appears on the sub dot-matrix display.

3Press [SCAN/ SG.SEL] to return to the current VFO mode.

4Press [SCAN/ SG.SEL] to start the VFO Scan.

Note:

◆While scanning, you can change the scan speed by turning the RIT/ SUB control. Turn the control clockwise/ counterclockwise to decrease/ increase the scan speed. The speed indicator appears on the main dot-matrix display, where P1 is the fastest speed and P9 is the slowest.

◆You cannot change the VFO Scan speed in FM mode.

◆You cannot change the VFO Scan speed on the sub-receiver.

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