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Baofeng Baofeng UV-5r scan resume time

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ltginrage

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I've had this UV-5r for about 3 months now. The most annoying feature on it is the scan resume time. Is there a way to change it to a few seconds after the last transmission?
 

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No, and even more expensive HTs like Icom and Yaesu don't have that feature. Ham HTs are not scanners, are usually very slow, and lack the flexibility of a true scanner.
 

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Scan resume options are set from Menu 18 SC-REV.
TO - Timeout. Resumes scanning after about 6 seconds even if a transmission is still occurring.
CO - Carrier operated. Resumes scanning about 6 seconds after a transmission stops.
SE - Search. Stops on a transmission and stays there until you manually start scanning again.

There are no other options. There is no way to change them. There is no way to change the delay time.
 

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My Yaesu VX-3R has an adjustable scan resume time from 2 to 10 seconds, which is to say that likely all Yaesu HTs have it. My former VX-8R had almost the same firmware.
 

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I have or had at least 10 Yaesu HTs going back to the FNB-17, and none had the selections like a true scanner. Those mentioned by nd5y are the most common in HT radios.
 

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They're not scanners and were never meant to be. The only real scanner feature they have is that they scan. The developers never intended anything more.
 

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All I'm saying is that most Yaesu HTs have varying scan resume times, depending on the model. So they do have that feature.
 

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I've had this UV-5r for about 3 months now. The most annoying feature on it is the scan resume time. Is there a way to change it to a few seconds after the last transmission?
unfortunately I don't think so. They are not the most user friendly. BUT....... CHIRP is a great program to use to to "play" with the settings, (in case I am wrong) mainly due to the fact that you have to first get a "image" of the radio BEFORE you can program it. Save the original image, and name it accordingly for archival purposes. That way you can play around with relative impunity with the settings, if you FUBAR the setup into non functional status, you can always reload the working image which will overwrite the entire system, setting it back to normal. Good luck!
 

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You can't change the scan resume or delay time on a UV-5R. For those settings CHIRP is no different than the radio menus.
 
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