Preferential Memory Scan - Yaesu VX-5R Operating Manual

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As mentioned previously, some continuous-carrier stations like a Weather Broadcast sta
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tion will seriously impede scanner operation if you are using the "Carrier Drop" Scan-
Resume mode, as the incoming signal will not pause long enough for the transceiver
to
resume scanning . Such channels may be "Skipped" during scanning, if you like :
Set the radio to the Memory Mode by pressing the [MR(SKP)SC]
key, if necessary.
Rotate the
DIAL
to select the Memory Channel to be skipped during scanning .
Press the
[FIW]
key momentarily
(not for one second), then press the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key (momentarily) . A small "1" icon will appear to the left of the memorized fre-
quency, indicating it is to be ignored during scanning .
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the channel re-institute into the scanning loop, repeat the above three steps (the "slopped"
channel will, of course, still be accessible via manual channel selection methods using the
DIAL
in the MR mode).
The VX-5R also allows you to set up a "Preferential Scan List" of channels which you can
"flag" within the memory system . These channels are designated by a "~" icon when you
have selected them, one by one, for the Preferential Scan List . When you initiate memory
scanning on a channel with the "~" icon appended, only those channels bearing the
icon will be scanned. If you initiate scanning on a channel which does not have the
icon appended, you will scan all channels including those with the "~" icon appended .
Here is the procedure for setting up and using the Preferential Scan List :
1~ Press the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key momentarily to enter the Memory Recall mode, if you
are not using memories already.
Rotate the
DIAL
to select the channel which you wish to add to the Preferential Scan List .
Press the [F[W] key, then press the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key. The "1" icon will appear
beside the channel number. Now press the [F/W1
key, then press the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key apin . The "1" icon will be replaced by the
icon, indicating that the channel
is no~N in the Preferential Scan List .
To initiate Preferential Memory Scan :
1~ Press the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key momentarily to enter the Memory Recall mode, if you
are not using memories already.
Rotate the
DIAL
to select any channel which has an "~" icon appended to the channel
number.
(3 Press and hold in the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key for one second to initiate Preferential Memory
Scanning . Only the channels which have an "~" icon appended to the channel number
will be scanned.
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HOW TO SKIP (OMIT) A CHANNEL D URING MEMORY SCAN OPERATION
PREFERENTIAL MEMORY SCAN
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PROGRAMMABLE BAND LIMIT MEMORY SCAN (PMS)
feature allows you to set sub-band limits
for either scanning or manual VFO opera-
. For example, you might wish
to set up a limit (in North America) of 144.300 MHz to
j%8.000 MHz so as to prevent
encroachment into the SSB/CW "Weak Signal" portion of
*e band below 144 .300 MHz.
Here's how to do this :
Set the radio to the VFO mode by
pressing the
[VFO(DW)SC]
key, if necessary.
Using the techniques learned earlier,
store (per the above example) 144.300 MHz into
Memory Channel
#L1
(the "L" designates the Lower sub-band limit) .
Likewise, store 148 .000 MHz into Memory Channel #U1
(the "U" designates the
Upper sub-band limit) .
Switch to the Memory mode by pressing the
[MR(SKP)SC] key once, then rotate the
DIAL
to select Memory Channel #
L1 .
Press the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key; the
"MR"
label will be replaced by
"PMS"
in the
upper left-hand corner of the display.
You may now rotate the
DIAL, or begin scanning by pressing the
[VFO(DW)SC]
key
for one second . The transceiver will behave as
though it is in the standard VFO mode,
but operation will be restricted to the range between
Memory Channels
Ll
and U1 .
t / Ifyou wish to scan, do not press the
[MR(SKP)SC] key, as it is disabled
during PMS operation . Press and hold in the
[VFO(DW)SC] key instead.
Q7 Ten pairs of Band Limit memories, labeled
L1 /U 1
through
L1 0/U 10
are available.
You therefore can set upper and lower operation
limits on a number of bands, if you
like .
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