Using the receiver in scan mode
6-16 Outback HF Radiophone
Scanning frequency bands
The band scanning facility enables the Radiophone to scan between two programmed
frequencies, refer to Programming frequency band scan on page 6-12.
There are two rates of scan available, fast and slow:
• fast scanning changes the frequency in ten 1 kHz steps per second
• slow scanning changes the frequency in ten 100 Hz steps per second.
The following steps explain how to scan the frequency bands:
Step Action… Display shows… Remarks…
1.
Ensure your
Radiophone is
switched on.
2.
Select the relevant
programmed band
scan channel
between P70 and
P99.
Refer to section 4,
Selecting channels.
Band scan channels are
indicated as an ’F’
number.
3.
Press
Scan
The display shows the
channel number and all
the frequencies as the
band is scanned
continuously.
The Scan button
indicator will be lit.
F