Uniden BC860XLT technical specifications Introduction, What is Scanning? What is Searching?

Introduction

What is Scanning?

What is Searching?

The BC860XLT is a new state-of-the-art radio with automatic scanning capabilities. Store frequencies into 10 banks of 10 channels each. Scan all 100 channels at Turbo Scan speed.

Unlike standard AM or FM radio stations, most two-way communications (listed on the next page) do not transmit continuously. The BC860XLT scans programmed channels at the rate of nearly 100 channels per second until it finds an active frequency.

Scanning stops on an active frequency, and remains on that channel as long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until another transmission is received.

While the BC860XLT scans channels, it is in Scan mode. When you stop scanning with M, it is in Manual mode.

The BC860XLT can search 12 bands to find active frequencies. This gives you the opportunity to find new frequencies that have not been programmed.

Choose between two speeds for the search feature: Normal

(100 steps per second) or Turbo Search (300 steps per second).

While the BC860XLT searches for active frequencies, it is in Search mode or Turbo Search mode. When you stop the search with H, it is in Search Hold mode.

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