MaxTrac 300 Scan

[airboss1634]

My Moto MaxTrac 300 UHF 6ch has the scan button on the control head, but I cannot access the scan list in the rss. I am able to get into the user program scan list and alter the list. When I exit the user program scan and enable scan it will only recieve activity on channels 1 & 6. it does this no matter how I set up the scanlist. It is scanning, but not what I want it to scan. Ideas?

 

[kb0nly]

Do you have priority set to 1 or 6 and do you have it on channel 1 or 6?

Sounds to me like you need to ground the Hook line, in other words the mic hang up needs to be grounded to scan. When i read that i thought i bet he is sitting on channel 1 or channel 6 and he has priority programmed for the other its stopping on. Or dual priority and both 1 and 6 are set to Pri 1 and Pri 2.

If you go to the mode edit, F5, then once you are in mode edit hit F6 to see the scanlist for each mode, aka channel.

I just got done programming like sixty of these... LOL

 

[airboss1634]

Thats the funny thing. There is no scanlist setting in the rss (R60100) for this radio. It is a 5 pin, no signalling, 6ch basic maxtrac 300 with a 64 block codeplug, but does have the scan button on the control head. It does seem to be scanning between 1 and 6, but does not pick up on the others. In the scanlist user program mode (using control head buttons) I am setting ch1 as priority and 2-5 as non priority, leaving ch6 out of the list, and it still scans ch6. Also, I am using a desktop microphone, so the ground loop is closed.

 

[gary123]

try taking out the priorities and see if the scan display reverts to the "=" . If it does the try editing the scan. Its been a while but i believe that the channel personality has a scan field in it too check that it isnt enabled also.If I remember correctly the maxtrac series radios temporarily places the current channel into the list when scan is selected.

 

[airboss1634]

I have used a few versions of the RSS, there is no scan setting in the mode configuration screen. Nowhere in the RSS is there any scan settings. I am trying to edit the list from the buttons on the front control panel of the radio itself. I know that it is scanning, because it does switch to another channel from my set channel. However I am unable to save the new settings.

 

[gary123]

in the rss there is a field to enable operator select scan. enable that then you should be able to edit the list from the front pannel.