When scanning just the full database on the 536. Say you have record on to find all calls while your away within a 10 mile radius. Then when you return 9 hours later. You realize the radio got stuck on a channel with constant noise or open squelch for 7 hours thus refusing to move past that channel. Is there a setting on the 536 to force resume scan of the full data base only after a set amount of time has passed like 10 or 15 seconds regardless of receive status? Couldn’t find it in the 536 easy to read manual Or just didn’t see it. Thanks in advance!
BCD436HP/BCD536HP: Force resume scan after set time delay regardless of receive status?
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You can set a "negative delay", which makes the scanner resume scanning or searching after 5 or 10 seconds (look at the minus sign in the drop-down.
That setting is in your Profile. You can also use a negative delay on a channel programmed in a Favorites List. I've used that, at times, on DFRs automated dispatch channel. "Dispatch Debbie" occasionally gets ADD and repeats a dispatch transmission multiple times.
Just remember, it resumes scanning in X seconds, no matter what....
If there is something interesting, it will resume scanning mid-transmission and you miss the rest.
If there is something interesting, it will resume scanning mid-transmission and you miss the rest.
Awesome thank you!!!
Thanks for that tip! Much appreciated
How does the negative work tho i get how positive 2 lets the channel linger for 2 secs before continuing to scan but if i set it to a -5 how does that old a channel . i'm sorry i'm just trying to understand it thanks
The negative delay sets the total hold time for the channel and the positive delay adds time to the end of the transmission. The negative delay will resume scanning even if someone is still talking. If you set to 0, it will hold as long as the channel is active and then resume scanning immediately.
Ok got it. But what's the point of the negative if all it does is cut traffic off.
It's useful when you're searching, especially if you leave it recording while unattended. I'd much rather have traffic get cut off than have hours of an open carrier being recorded.
To stop it getting stuck on signals. I use this when logging signals. It is also good if you have a very active frequency, so you don't miss traffic on the less active ones.
Been through this with my 325P2. There are some constant signals that just won't let go with a -2. Even my R30 gets stuck on one and won't let go, even with the return to scanning set at 30 seconds.
