Has anyone managed to get one of these radios to Scan. I have both a 510 and 610. Have programmed them with a number of channels which I have added to a scan bank. I have programmed a button to Scan Start/Stop. I can select the various scan banks but neither radio will scan. The display reverts to the last channel used used after a few seconds and clearly isn't scanning. A friend who has a couple of these sets has the same problem. Any ideas or any examples of an .icf file where the scanning function works?
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Icom F510 and Icom F610 Scanning
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mmckenna
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It's been a long time since I touched any of these. My memory of the software is foggy.
Most commercial radios will have a function where the radio will scan if the microphone is 'hung up' in the holder. If you do not have a microphone connected, or your microphone clip is not grounded, they won't go into scan.
There is a way to go into the scan settings and tell it to not function that way, but the Icom knowledge/memories have been purged by newer radios.
Look for something that suggests mic and scan, maybe "On Hook Scan", or some similar term.
If you want to use the radio without a mic attached (Really good idea if you are not planning on transmitting) then set the radio that way, or make a dummy mic plug that shorts the "Hook" pin to a ground pin.
Most commercial radios will have a function where the radio will scan if the microphone is 'hung up' in the holder. If you do not have a microphone connected, or your microphone clip is not grounded, they won't go into scan.
There is a way to go into the scan settings and tell it to not function that way, but the Icom knowledge/memories have been purged by newer radios.
Look for something that suggests mic and scan, maybe "On Hook Scan", or some similar term.
If you want to use the radio without a mic attached (Really good idea if you are not planning on transmitting) then set the radio that way, or make a dummy mic plug that shorts the "Hook" pin to a ground pin.
Are you sure it's not scanning? Commercial radios have a revert channel setting in the software. It can be something like last used or a fixed channel.
Also they sometimes they have any icon on the display to indicate they are scanning, since many times you don't see the channels being scanned. The display just stays on the revert channel and displays the scan icon.
Also they sometimes they have any icon on the display to indicate they are scanning, since many times you don't see the channels being scanned. The display just stays on the revert channel and displays the scan icon.
Thanks folks. mmckenna- yes I have tried altering the "hook on Scan" settings but it seems to make no difference. hill- yes I realise the rig doesn't show the channels it scans. it is however supposed to show "Scan 1" "Scan2" etc on the display depending on which scan bank is selected. IT intially does this but after say 30 seconds reverts to the original channel. It definitely isn't scanning as I have tested this with a handheld transmitting on a channel i have programmed into the rig.
The 510/610 are nice transceivers but it seems the scan function is all but impossible to engage!
The 510/610 are nice transceivers but it seems the scan function is all but impossible to engage!
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Sounds like you're pressing and holding the scan button and puting it inot scan list edit mode. Just do a quick tap with the mic grounded and make sure you have channels enabled in your scan list(s). It should default inot "SCAN 1". Never had a issues with Icom scan, they are actually one of the best.
Ok Guys thanks for all the input. I have now got my Icom 610 scanning. It was down to grounding of the mic. I misunderstood the software settings thinking I could overrride the need for grounding the mic within the software settings. It seems you cannot.With my mic grounded all works as it should.
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