Yaesu FT-991 Operating Manual

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Page 108FT-991 O PERA T I N G M A N U A LM eMory ScAn1. Set the transceiver to the “Memory” mode by press-ing the V/M button, if necessary.2. Press the F(M-LIST) button, then touch [SQL] onthe LCD. Rotate the MULTI knob so that the back-ground noise is just silenced.V/M ButtonMULTI KnobF(M-LIST) Button3. Press and hold in the microphone UP or DWN but-ton for one second, or press the F(M-LIST) buttonfollowed by [SCAN] to start scanning in the speci-fied direction.A dvice : If the scanner halts on an incoming signal, thedecimal point between the “MHz” and “kHz”digits of the frequency display will blink. If the incoming signal disappears, scanning willresume in about five seconds.4. To cancel scanning, press the PTT switch, or touch[SCAN] on the LCD.A dvice : During Memory Group operation, only the channelswithin the current Memory Group will be scanned. If the scan has paused on a signal, pressing the mi-crophone UP or DWN button, or touching [SCAN]on the LCD will cause scanning to resume instantly. If you press the microphone PTT button duringscanning, the scanner will halt at once. However,pressing the PTT button during scanning will notcause transmission. The manner in which the scanner resumes after it haspaused on a signal may be selected by using Menuitem “038 MIC SCAN RESUME”. During memoryscanning, the default “TIME” (5 sec) setting willcause the scanner to resume scanning after five sec-onds; however the scan may be set, to resume onlyafter the received signal has dropped out. If the Main Tuning Dial knob is rotated while scan-ning is in progress, the memory channel scanningwill continue up or down in accordance with the di-rection of the Dial Knob rotation. (In other words, ifthe dial is rotated to the left when scanning toward ahigher channel number, the direction of the scan willreverse.)quick point:If you have no interest in scanning, and wish to prohibitthe microphone UP/DWN buttons from initiating scan-ning, you may disable scanning control from the mi-crophone using Menu item “037 MIC SCAN” (set it to“DISABLE”).vfo anD M eMorY scanninG