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Although Scan Lists may seem similar to the “banks” that are used in older
bank/channel scanner designs, you will find that they are much more power-
ful and flexible than “banks”. The number of objects that can be grouped in
a Scan List is limited only by the scanner's memory, and single objects can
be members of multiple Scan Lists without creating duplicate versions of
those objects and manually placing them in each Scan List where you want
them included.
You can also mix and match different object types in Scan Lists as you see
fit. Feel free to group your objects in the manner that best suits your listen-
ing style. If you choose to group your objects by geographical area, and
find that the best set of Scannable Objects for your area includes a mix of
trunked talkgroups and conventional channels, go right ahead and put them
all in the same Scan List. There are no limitations as to the type of objects
that can exist together in the same Scan List.
How you group objects in Scan Lists is entirely up to you! Here are some
examples of how objects can be grouped:
Geographically
You may wish to group your Scannable Objects according to the areas
where they are used. For example, assume that you routinely travel to an-
other town to visit family. You can assign the channels and talkgroups for fire
and police services around your home to one Scan List, and those that are
located where your family lives in another. When you travel to visit your fam-
ily, you can no longer hear the Scannable Objects assigned to your home
Scan List, so you disable that Scan List and enable the Scan List that con-
tains the channels and talkgroups that are in use in your family's town.
By trunking system
It is possible to assign any combination of object types to any Scan List.
However, you may wish to assign TGRP objects associated with specific
trunked radio systems to specific Scan Lists, so you can easily enable or
disable monitoring of each system by enabling or disabling the associated
Scan List.
By object type
It may be desirable to segregate object types by assigning them to specific
Scan Lists. For example, you can assign a group of LMIT or SRVC searches
to a single Scan List, and easily activate or deactivate searching on those
objects by enabling or disabling the associated Scan List. You may wish to
place your wildcard TGRP group call or private call objects in a separate
Scan List.
By application
You can group objects by their application. For example, you may wish to
place all law enforcement related objects for your area in one Scan List, all
fire and rescue objects in another, and all business related objects in yet
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