Yaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual

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SCANNINGYaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual (courtesy of W5JCK) Page 49 of 834. To cancel scanning, press the key momentarily again, or press themicrophone’s PTT key. 0. 1. When you start scanning, the FT−8800R will scan in the upwarddirection. If you want to change the direction of the scan while it isunderway, rotate the DIAL knob one click in the opposite direction (in thiscase, one click counterclockwise). The scanning direction will reverse andscan downward.2. Pressing and holding in the microphone’s or key will causescanning to sweep frequencies only on the current band. If you would likethe scanner not to be restricted to the current band, set Menu #4 (BAND) toBND.OFF to cause the FT−8800R to hop to the low edge of the next-highest band when the VFO frequency reaches the high end of the currentband (or vice- versa).Scan in Memory ModeIn Memory Scan mode, you can set the type of scan to be performed and set the method inwhich each Memory channel will be scanned.Set the Type of Memory ScanYou can configure the keys on the FT−8800R to perform either a Standard Memory scan(default) or a Preferential Memory scan when pressed.Types of Memory ScansStandard(default) • All Memory channels not flagged to be skipped (SKIP) will bescanned.• Set Menu #35 (SCAN M) to MEM for Standard Memory scan• See Standard Memory Scan on page 50 for details.Preferential • Only Memory channels flagged as Preferential (MSM) will bescanned.• Set Menu #35 (SCAN M) to MSM for Preferential Memory scan.• See Preferential Memory Scan on page 53 for details.