IC-F5021 Scan setup Issue

[Liam09]

I am a novice radio operator. I'm setting up an IC-5021 for my off-road rig. I have programmed one of the P buttons to operate as "Scan A Start/Stop" and another as "Scan B Start/Stop". I believe the Scan setting are factory other then I changed mode dependent scan to "On" as it seems easier to turn the scan function on and off. Have not set anything up in the "scan list" page as i am not sure what to do here. This radio came with the rig when I bought it.
My issue: When I select a scan list, scan 1 seems to be the only one that scans. I don't even know what the difference between the 10 scan #s and zone selection are?
Scan 1 does scan threw all 3 zones of channels i have programmed. I would like to create a custom scan list. My issue is: when i turn scan 1 on it scans until it reaches a NOAA channel then stops scanning as NOAA is always transmitting. I would simply like to scan without stopping on NOAA . So i would like to exclude NOAA from the scan list.
Any help would be great.

Thank you

 

[Vern]

I don't have a 5021, but have programmed a lot of 5061's. On the screen where you enter a Zone's channels, there is a section off to the right called "Scan List" where you can enter a Scan List designator (numbers 1234567890 and letters A-G). Any channel can be a part of any combination of Scan Lists by simply adding the Scan List designators to that channel's line on the Zone chart. Use the attached manual to get an idea of how to use the Scan and Scan Add/Delete PF keys. Have fun with it.