VFO AND MEMORY SCANNING

You may scan wither the VFO or the memories of the FT-2000, and the radio will halt the scan on any station with a signal strong enough to open the receiver’s squelch.

VFO SCANNING

1.Set the VFO to the frequency on which you would like to begin scanning.

2.Rotate the Main [SQL] knob so that the background noise is just silenced.

ADVICE:

Rotate the Sub [SQL] knob so that the background noise is just silenced, if you would like to begin scan- ning on the Sub band (VFO-B).

3.Press and hold in the microphone’s [UP] or [DWN] key for 1/2 second to start scanning in the specified direction on the Main (VFO-A) band.

ADVICE:

If you would like to begin scanning on the Sub band (VFO-B), press the [B] button first, then (within five seconds of pressing the [B] button, while the orange imbedded LED is blinking), press and hold in the microphone’s [UP] or [DWN] key for 1/2 second.

4.If the scanner halts on an incoming signal, the decimal point between the “MHz” and “kHz” digits of the fre- quency display will blink.

ADVICE:

￿If the incoming signal disappears, scanning will re- sume in about five seconds.

￿On the SSB/CW and SSB-based Data modes, the scanner will pause on a received signal, then will step across the signal very slowly, giving you time to stop the scan, if you like. In these modes on the VFO, the scanner does not stop, however.

5.To cancel the scanning, press the microphone’s [UP] or [DWN] key momentarily.

ADVICE:

You may select the manner in which the scanner resumes while it has paused on a signal, using Menu item “039 GEnE SCN RSM.” The default “5Sec” setting will cause the scanner to resume scanning after five seconds; you may change it, however, to resume only after the carrier has dropped out, if you like See page 116.

Main [SQL] Knob

MAIN BAND (VFO-A) SCANNING

[B] Button

SUB [SQL] Knob

SUB BAND (VFO-B) SCANNING

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