Radio Shack 20-106 - Scanning; Basic Scanning Operation

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Scanning
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Scanning
Basic Scanning Operation
Before the scanner can begin to scan, you must
have created scannable objects. Your scanner will
scan any scannable objects that are members of
enabled Scan Lists and are not locked out.
1. Press SCAN to start scanning.
Scan lists 1 to 10
Scan lists 11 to 20
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Flashing T indicates scanner is
receiving control channel data
from a trunked radio system
2. Press PSE to pause scanner on an active
object in scan mode.
Press SCAN or PSE to resume scan.
Wildcard Scanning
A Wildcard TGRP object allows you to receive all
radio traffic on a trunked radio system. It works
by catching talkgroup calls on the system that
are not already stored as objects in the radio’s
memory.
In order for the Wildcard TGRP to function
properly, the radio needs to be in SCAN Mode.
This is what enables the scanner to find the
previously stored TGRP objects that need to
be checked before declaring that the found
talkgroup is new and should be scanned as a
Wildcard “hit.”
If you park on a Wildcard TGRP object in Manual
Mode, the scanner is not able to “see” the
previously stored TGRP objects, and every call
on the trunked radio system will come up as a
wildcard hit.
Manual Mode
In Manual Mode, you can browse through the
stored objects in your scanner and select an
object to monitor.
1. Press MAN during scanning to enter Manual
Mode.
2. Press S or T to scroll through the objects
assigned to the current Scan List.
3. Press W or X to browse up and down through
the Scan Lists.
Only Scan Lists that contain objects are shown
when browsing. A quick low-high wrap beep
sounds when the scanner reaches the last
occupied Scan List and wraps back to the
beginning.