Full/Band/Programmed Scan; Memory (Bank) Scan - Icom IC-Q7A Instruction Manual

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SCAN OPERATION

Full/band/programmed scan

q Select VFO mode with [V/M].
w Make sure the squelch is set to the threshold point.
• Select automatic squelch (AUTO) or a level (1–9) where the
noise is muted. (p. 10)
e Select the desired scan range, if desired.
Select scan edges in set mode:
"ALL" for full scan, "BAND" for band scan or "0P"–"19P"
for programmed scan. (see the next page)
r Push [FUNC] + [Y] or [Z] momentarily to start the scan.
• Decimal point flashes while scanning.
• "P SKIP" flashes when the frequency skip function is turned ON.
(p. 19)
• "0P"–"19P" flash to indicate which pair of scan edges is being
scanned.
• To change the scanning direction, rotate [DIAL].
• If the pocket beep function is activated, the transceiver automat-
ically selects the tone squelch function when a scan starts.
t To stop the scan, push [FUNC] + [Y] or [Z] again.
If the same frequencies are programmed into a pair of
scan edges, programmed scan does not start.
For programmed scan, scan edges must be programmed
in advance. Program scan edges into regular memory
channels and set the channels as scan edges. (p. 17)
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Memory (bank) scan

q Select memory mode with [V/M].
w Make sure the squelch is set to the threshold point.
• Select automatic squelch (AUTO) or a level (1–9) where the
noise is muted. (p. 10)
e Select the desired memory bank in set mode, if desired.
• See below for details.
r Push [FUNC] + [Y] or [Z] momentarily to start the memory
scan or memory bank scan.
• Decimal point flashes while scanning.
• " " flashes during memory bank scan.
• To change the scanning direction, rotate [DIAL].
• If the pocket beep function is activated, the transceiver automat-
ically selects the tone squelch function when a scan starts.
t To stop the scan, push [FUNC] + [Y] or [Z] again.
D Memory bank selection
q Push [V/M] for 2 sec. to enter set mode.
w Rotate [DIAL] until "BNK SC" appears.
e While pushing [FUNC], rotate [DIAL] to select the desired
memory bank.
• "OFF" scans memories in both banks;
"BANK0" scans memories in bank 0
only (ch 0 to 99); "BANK1" scans
memories in bank 1 only (ch 100 to
199).
r Push [V/M] to exit set mode.
Memory bank 0
(Memory ch 0 to 99)