Search Free - AOR AR8600 Operating Manual

as a short cut to off (which is the default). Use the main dial to increment value
by 1 or use the keys to increment by 10.
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 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 search
environment menu. Alternatively you may move to the next option (search FREE time) by pressing
the key.
While searching, the LCD legend "VSQ" is displayed to indicate that search VOICE squelch is in
operation.

8-7-4 Search FREE

The search FREE time parameter determines how long the AR8600 will remain on an active frequency
before resuming search even though the frequency is still active. This is useful if you wish to gain a
snap shot of activity without the AR8600 being tied to a busy frequency for long periods of time
(such as when monitoring active amateur band repeaters etc). Search FREE time saves you having
to manually intervene to force the search process to resume and saves the need to lockout (PASS)
busy frequencies. The limits are OFF and 01 to 60 seconds (default OFF).
Search FREE time is configured via the SRCH-GROUP menu. Use the key sequence
SRCH-GROUP number between 1 and 9.
parameter of FREE.
to toggle between OFF and 5 seconds (the default is off). Use the main dial to
increment value in by 1s or use the
to accept the changes and return to the display prior to accessing the search
environment menu. Alternatively you may move to the next option (AUTO STORE) by pressing
the key.
While searching, the LCD legend "FRE" is displayed to indicate that search FREE time is in operation
and the search process will only pause on active frequencies for the specified time.
" legend will be displayed to the left of the value "VOICE
to access the "SRCH-GROUP" menu. Use the
keys to increment by 5s.
eight times to display the search environment
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keys to select the