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NX-220 - Stopping SCAN on the active channel

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Vern

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Found a nice NX-220 K2 (fw 5.11.00) and I've programmed it with KPG-141D (5.10) and it's a great NXDN scanner and 2m HT.

However, some of my zones have 10-12 channels and while scanning multiple zones, the scan will naturally pause on an active channel.
When I want to stop the SCAN to stay on that channel, the receiver always reverts back to Ch-1 of that Zone no matter what. By the time I scroll through my channels trying to get back to the once-active channel, I've missed some traffic. Is there a setting to have the receiver stay on that active channel when I press the SCAN button?
I've tried pressing the PTT briefly when SCAN pauses on an active channel, but on the non-ham channels the TX is inhibited, so all I get is a 'bonk' and it keeps on scanning.

There are no priority channels in any zone so it's not like it's reverting to a priority channel.

I've searched the KPG help file but haven't hit upon what setting is (or isn't) properly set.

Any thoughts?
 

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Program a button for "Channel Recall" under Key Assignment.

Additionally, disable "Scan Stop Tone" under Optional Features if it's available.
 

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Program a button for "Channel Recall" under Key Assignment.

Additionally, disable "Scan Stop Tone" under Optional Features if it's available.
Ahhhh... that works just fine. Thank you for sharing that nugget. I went all through the help file but didn't think to go through the button functions.
 
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