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Understanding Vertex Scanning

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KG6GTH

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Ok... I have a VX-P829 UHF P25. In the software there is a dealer and user and both scanning option. Anyone know the difference? It is a lot different then my Motorola XTS-5000 scanning...

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I don't know about a VX-P829, but on an old VX-10 the scanlist members tagged as dealer only can't be added or deleted in the radio, but the ones tagged as user scan can be. I tagged all of mine as user scan.
 

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Randy is exactly right. I ended up deciding to just use USER scanning and let users choose which channels are scanned and which are not. Note that you also must select SCAN EDIT > ENABLE to allow this. For an idiot's guide to Vertex scanning, please see my own idiot post on the other Vertex scanning thread!

Andrew Ellis
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