jhartman
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I was offered a Minitor VI - 5 channel VHF at a great price. I was thinking it would be interesting to play around with and to use to monitor a few local VHF freq. Can it be used in this way?
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Minitor VI as a Scanner?
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jhartman
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Thanks. I didn't know if it need to receive some emergency dept tones to break squelch or something. Every demo video I see seems to begin that way. Thanks for the reply. I know nothing about paging.
SteveC0625
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The VI will only scan two of the five channels.
Tones are not necessary for simple monitoring. But, yes you use it as a simple, two-channel scanner.
You could setup a few different 2-channel scan lists. Certainly not ideal, but depending on what you want to listen to at any given time, you might be able to make it work. If you want to scan all 5 channels, you're probably better off spending your money on something else like an analog scanner such as the Uniden BC125AT.
jhartman
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Great. Thanks, everyone for the quick reply. I appreciate it.
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Right. I have one. I just thought the size and battery life was nice.
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It only scans 2 channels because it's intent is a alert receiver. Even scanning 2 channels, Motorola does not guarantee the pager will trip with the associated tone(s). That's why it's called "Probability Scan". But yea, It'll certainly work for a scanner.
The Minitor VI has Priority Scan.
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Yes, and also Silent Scan I believe they call it. I was referencing normal scan as that's what you'd probably want for use as a scanner. Either way, any scan is only 2 channels and not all 5, and there is a reason.The Minitor VI has Priority Scan.
It's less sensitive than a scanner but has a great form factor. Great for wx, marine (VTS), etc.
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