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Locking Out Chan nels
You may have programmed certain channels that you do not
want to hear every time you scan. These are channels that are busy a major portion of the time, and the scanner stops at the channel(s) often enough to interrupt the scan cycle. You can lock Out those channels so they are not scanned.
1.Go directly to that channel using any of the methods described above.
2.Press @. UQ appears at the lower right of the display.
That channel is now "locked Out" of the scanning cycle.
However, you can access that channel at any time using one of the Direct Channel Access methods.
To put the channel back In the scanning cycle:
1.Go directly to the desired channel.
2.Press @. The UQ indicator now disappears from the display, and the channel is no longer "locked Out".
You can lock out any or all of the Priority Channels the same way as other channels. If you lock out all Priority Channels
and you press C~) yoll will see this message.
BANK 1
p ch L DC Due
HOLD UO
If you want to put all the
an active bank back to the scanning cycle, press @
to put scanning on HOLD. Then press and hold @ key for about two seconds until you hear two beeps. All channels are now returned to scanning cycle except those that are empty (000. 000 MHz).
Looking for "Locked Out" Channels
During scanning, you will not see "locked Out" channels. To
look for "locked Out" channels, first press ~ to stop
scanning. Then use £ or. to step through the Bank. You will see UQ" on the display to indicate a "locked Out" channel.
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