Vfo Search Voice Squelch Environment; Vfo Free Search Environment - AOR AR8200 Manual

Section 4-4-3, 4-4-4, 4-4-5
to accept the changes and return to the display prior to accessing the VFO
environment menu. Alternatively you may move to the next option (VFO VOICE squelch) by
pressing the key.
While in VFO or VFO search, the LCD legend "LSQ" is displayed to indicate that VFO level squelch is in
operation.
4-4-4 VFO search VOICE squelch
The VFO VOICE squelch parameter causes the AR8200 to check the current frequency for valid audio
and to only open the squelch when audio above a specified level (which is programmable in 256 steps) is
detected. The limits are OFF and 1 to 255 (default off).
Note: VFO VOICE squelch affects both VFOs and VFO search.
VFO VOICE squelch is configured via the VFO environment menu, use the key sequence
to access the VFO environment menu.
the VOICE parameter.
increment value in by 1 or use the
While adjusting voice squelch, the "
indicating that the current value will not cause the squelch to close. Increase the value until the "
legend is just extinguished (this may typically be typically around a value of 1 to 100), the current
transmission and signals with audio below this level will be skipped. There will be no audio produced
when a transmission is encountered with audio below the level configured even though the "S" squelch
legend is displayed.
Note: When voice squelch is in operation, the rotary squelch control is usually best rotated
to the fully anti-clockwise position.
to accept the changes and return to the display prior to accessing the VFO
environment menu. Alternatively you may move to the next option (VFO FREE search) by pressing the
key. While in VFO or VFO search, the LCD legend "VSQ" is displayed to indicate that VFO voice
squelch is in operation.
4-4-5 VFO FREE search
The VFO FREE search parameter determines how long the AR8200 will remain on an active frequency
before resuming VFO search even though the frequency is still active. This is useful if you wish to gain a
picture of what is happening on a band without the AR8200 being tied to a busy frequency for long
periods of time (such as when monitoring active amateur band repeaters etc). VFO FREE search saves
you having to manually intervene to force the VFO search process to resume and saves the need to
lockout frequencies using the FREQUENCY PASS facility. The limits are OFF and 01 to 60 seconds
(default is off).
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as a short cut to off (which is the default). Use the main dial to
keys to increment by 10.
" legend will be displayed to the left of the value "VOICE
the key three times to move to
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