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search types can be configured to your preferences and needs. Be sure to refer to the Detailed
Menu Reference section of the manual for detailed information for each of the search object
types.
Grouping Objects with Scan Lists
By default, new objects are automatically assigned to Scan List 01. Now that you have entered a
variety of new objects that are, by default, members of Scan List 01, you may want to separate
these objects into separate Scan Lists so that you can easily enable or disable groups of objects
as needed depending on what you want to scan. There are 20 regular Scan Lists available, a
special "FAV" Scan List for one-button access to your favorite Scannable Objects, and a Skywarn
Scan List.
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 powerful 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 listening 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 another 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 family,
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 contains 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
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