Searching
Band Search
The SportCat has 12 Preprogrammed Search Bands. You can search any of these Bands to find desired frequencies if you do not have a Frequency Directory handy, or if new stations have been added since the Directory was published.
1.Press and hold 
/BAND to enter the Band Search Mode. Then the upper and lower limits of the band currently selected are displayed.
2.Use VFO control, 
or 
to select the band you wish to search.
3.Wait for about 2 seconds and the SportCat will begin
searching that Band. Or, press 
/BAND again to begin.
4.During a Search, press 
/TURBO to activate TURBO SEARCH. In some band Searches TURBO SEARCH is not available. If this is the case, an Error tone will be heard. This increases the Search Speed to 300 steps per second in those bands that have 5 kHz steps. (See the table on page 5 for the Band Chart.)
When you activate TURBO SEARCH, the SEARCH
indicator flashes. Press 
/TURBO again to deactivate TURBO SEARCH.
5.Press 
at any time to stop the search on a
frequency. Press 
/BAND to resume searching.
6.When Search is stopped, you can press 
or 
to move up or down 1 frequency step. (See the table on page 5 for the step size for each Band.)
Limit Search
In Limit Search mode, you can search within the frequency range you have set.
To use this function, you must set the lower/higher frequency of your search range first.
Setting the Frequencies
1.Press 
.
2.Enter the lower limit of your search range.
3.Press 
.
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