Searching
Band Search
The SportCat has 12 Preprogrammed Search Bands. You
can search any of these Bands to find desired frequencies
if you do not have a Frequency Directory handy, or if new
stations have been added since the Directory was
published.
1.
Press and hold
/
BAND to enter the Band Search
Mode. Then the upper and lower limits of the band
currently selected are displayed.
2.
Use VFO control,
or
to select the band you
wish to search.
3.
Wait for about 2 seconds and the SportCat will begin
searching that Band. Or, press
/BAND again to
begin.
4.
During a Search, press
/
TURBO to activate
TURBO SEARCH. In some band Searches TURBO
SEARCH is not available. If this is the case, an Error
tone will be heard. This increases the Search Speed to
300 steps per second in those bands that have 5 kHz
steps. (See the table on page 5 for the Band Chart.)
When you activate TURBO SEARCH, the SEARCH
indicator flashes. Press
/
TURBO again to
deactivate TURBO SEARCH.
5. Press
at any time to stop the search on a
frequency. Press
/
BAND to resume searching.
6. When Search is stopped, you can press
or
to move up or down 1 frequency step. (See the table on
page 5 for the step size for each Band.)
Limit Search
In Limit Search mode, you can search within the frequency
range you have set.
To use this function, you must set the lower/higher
frequency of your search range first.
Setting the Frequencies
1.
Press
.
2.
Enter the lower limit of your search range.
3.
Press
.
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