Data Skip active , yet locking on ctrl chans?

[FoeHammer]

Isnt data skip supposed to skip over control chans when in a search ? mine continues to lock on control chans , but will skip when it hears a freq with no audio? could some othet setting affect this , (controlchan search is off)

 

[swest90]

Hello, No the dataskip feature tries to filter out telemetry data and other similar data signals. It does not screen control channels. If you are searching lock them out.

Thanks
Shawn

 

[FoeHammer]

Ok thanks , I could have swore my old BC95 would skip the ctrl chans , Its been a long time since i used the feature...

 

[DPD1]

The only thing I've ever been able to get data skip to work on is dead silent carriers. Even telemetry will hold usually. Data skip is often a culprit when people think their radio is screwed up, because it's easy to turn on by accident, and it will kick in on dead spots during voice transmissions.

Dave
-DPD Productions - Custom Scanner, MURS, & GMRS Antennas-
http://eje.railfan.net/dpdp/

 

[Voyager]

The only thing I've ever been able to get data skip to work on is dead silent carriers. Even telemetry will hold usually. Data skip is often a culprit when people think their radio is screwed up, because it's easy to turn on by accident, and it will kick in on dead spots during voice transmissions.

Dave
-DPD Productions - Custom Scanner, MURS, & GMRS Antennas-
http://eje.railfan.net/dpdp/

The way data skip usually works is that it detects that there is no modulation or constant modulation on a channel and continues. Telemetry and control channels have neither constant nor no modulation.

I've had it skip on channels with constant tones on, which is an example of constant modulation.

Think about it. If it did skip on control channels, and you had control channel only mode on, you would never hear anything.

Joe M.