Index - Motorola maxtrac 300 User Manual

Index

MUST READ
Hook:
Making a wire hook contact connector
Scan Modes
Setting up the User Scan list
Optional Priority Scanning
Temporarily skip a channel
Mon button
Antenna connector
Additional MaxTrac web sites
MUST READ FOR ALL AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS WHO INTEND TO USE THIS RADIO AS
AN AMATEUR RADIO TRANSCEIVER
The radio listed in this document was originally
designed and used for public safety. In this function or
environment, the transceiver was NOT designed to
scan in the way that ham operators think of scanning.
For example, in the LEO (law enforcement officer)
environment, the transceiver will only scan when the
microphone is sitting / attached to the
holder.
In the LEO environment, if the mic is off the mic
holder hook or being held in the hand, the radio will
NOT scan.
Why was the radio designed this way? When an LEO is listening to this radio, the officer must
be able to respond to the dispatcher quickly. While other channels (frequencies) may be
monitored, when the dispatcher
switches back to the dispatcher's frequency / channel. As an amateur radio operator, that non-
scanner feature needs to be changed unless you are satisfied to leave the transceiver's "mic
hook" on the "mic holder" most of the time.
microphone
calls on the radio, the LEO must have a radio that immediately
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