ORION SCAN BUTTON BONKS, WONT SCAN

[radioman2008]

I have a low band Orion with 4 big button head, programmed with V18 and its won't scan.

the button is set for scan, the scan options are set up in the radio, I had a much more experienced GE ham look at my Code plug and aside from me having not checked scan on several frequencies, he didn't see anything that would prevent it from scanning.

i have an 800 orion that scans easily and i set up its program too.

any ideas as to why the scan button just bonks and doesnt activate scan?

 

[Ishmole]

Have you tried another head? Maybe the button is bad?

 

[merlin]

That is the scan head and should do anything you want.
A small LED lights next to the scan button when scanning. Try deselecting, then use the channel knob to step through the channels.
for each channel, the right ramp button will add/delete from the scan list. a 'S' on the display would show that channel is in the list.
'up ramp' toggles "|", "||" to set priority. Down ramp will end in deleted channel and the "S" shows that.
If you program your channels with the scan box ticked, it will default to that with power cycle, and the ramp button overrides this.
With desired channels selected for scan, press the scan button and should scann all the added channels.
Now if this is not working as above, you need to check your programmable buttons under options/control unit keypad options, and see that the scan button is set to scan.

 

[BigLebowski]

Do you have a setting turned on to suspend scan when the mic is off-hook? Can’t remember if that is even an option on the Orion but will cause that behavior.