mboyd
Newbie
I'm new to the hobby and purchased the 106 almost a month ago - I just might be hooked! Firmware upgraded to CPU 1.8 and DSP 1.4.
I searched both the Radio Shack and the GRE forums and didn't find any similar questions.
I spend the majority of my listening on conventional objects. Typically only 21 frequencies spread over three scan lists. Most often, the scanner is so fast that I cannot read the tags as it is scanning. Occasionally, it scans slow enough that I can read the tags clearly, perhaps 1-2 seconds per freq. and I'm missing some broadcasts - particularly if I happen to be scanning lots of frequencies.
There are several things that I can do to bring it back up to speed, but none of them work every time. For instance, a simple power down/power up will work sometimes. Sometimes turning on one or more additional scan lists works, even when turning them back off. Sometimes just listening to WX for a few seconds does it. Other times listening to a SRCH does it. I don't recall whether I've tried reloading from a V folder.
It does not appear to be related to squelch settings. It shouldn't be a power issue, as I've seen this happen with drained batteries, fresh batteries, yellow and black holder, alkaline, rechargeables, and using the AC adapter. (Recharge is always disabled.)
Have any of you seen this symptom? Does anyone have any ideas what may be causing it, or better yet, how to prevent it? Any method that will consistently bring back the fast scanning when this happens?
I searched both the Radio Shack and the GRE forums and didn't find any similar questions.
I spend the majority of my listening on conventional objects. Typically only 21 frequencies spread over three scan lists. Most often, the scanner is so fast that I cannot read the tags as it is scanning. Occasionally, it scans slow enough that I can read the tags clearly, perhaps 1-2 seconds per freq. and I'm missing some broadcasts - particularly if I happen to be scanning lots of frequencies.
There are several things that I can do to bring it back up to speed, but none of them work every time. For instance, a simple power down/power up will work sometimes. Sometimes turning on one or more additional scan lists works, even when turning them back off. Sometimes just listening to WX for a few seconds does it. Other times listening to a SRCH does it. I don't recall whether I've tried reloading from a V folder.
It does not appear to be related to squelch settings. It shouldn't be a power issue, as I've seen this happen with drained batteries, fresh batteries, yellow and black holder, alkaline, rechargeables, and using the AC adapter. (Recharge is always disabled.)
Have any of you seen this symptom? Does anyone have any ideas what may be causing it, or better yet, how to prevent it? Any method that will consistently bring back the fast scanning when this happens?