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USING
THE
DELAY
FEATURE
Many
agencies
use
two-way radio
systems
that might have
a
period
of several seconds between a
query
and a
reply.
To keep
from missing
a
reply,
program
a delay
on
the
channels
you
identify as
operating
this way. To
program
a
delay,
manually
select
the
channel, and
press
[DEI-AY].
"DELAY"
appears
in the
display.
Now, when
you
are scan-
ning
through
channels,
your
scanner
pauses
for two
seconds after
the
completion of each
transmission
on
that
channel
before
resuming
scanning.
Some
radio systems, especially
those
above 800
MHz, use
a special
"trunked"
system.
In these systems,
the transmit-
ter selects an available
frequency each
time the
operator
keys the radio.
Therefore, it is
possible
for the
query
to
be
on one
frequency and
the
reply on another.
To
ensure
the
best
possibility
of
hearing the full reply,
you
want the
scan-
ner to
begin
scanning
immediately when the
first transmis-
sion
ends.
In this
case, select
the channel
manually and
ensure
that
"DELAY"
is not in the
display.
lf
"DELAY"
is indi-
cated,
press
[DEI-AY]
to turn
off
this
feature for that
chan-
nel.
SETTING
THE
SCANNING SPEED
Your scanner
has two
different scanning
speeds
-
8 chan-
nels
per
second
and
16
channels
per
second.
To
switch
between
the two scanning speeds,
press
[SPEED]
during
scanning.
LOCKING
OUT
CHANNELS
You can
increase the
effective scanning speed
by
locking
out channels
that
you
have not
programmed.
Manually
select
the
channel, and
then
press
[UOUT],
so
that
"LOCK-
OUT" appears
in the
display.
This is
also
handy for
locking
out channels
that have
a continuous
transmission, such as
a
weather channel.
You
can still
manually
select
locked-out
channels
for listening.
To
disable
the lock-out function, manually select
the chan-
nel and
press
[L/OUT].
Or,
press
[UO
RW]
in manual or
program
mode to
call out
locked-out
channels
one by one.
Then,
press
[UOUT]
again.
Note: You
can
lock
out as
many
channels
as
you
like.
But
there must
be at
least
one channel
that
you
have not
lock-
ed out
in
each
bank.
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