on markscanners.com had 5 to 7 and the sq wait 1 suggested 5 to 7 and sq wait 2 suggested 10 to 12
i have mine on 5 and 10 on sq wait 2
Pretty much agree 100% with this. I tried the other settings on my 197 & 651 and soon returned them to defaults.From my experience, the default settings are the best. Using the lower SQ Wait 1 & 2 will "speed up" scanning through conventional frequencies by an extremely small fraction of a second, but it severely degrades the ability of the scanner to decode the correct CTCSS/DCS for a conventional object. Setting it to a smaller value can cut off the scanner before it has time to properly decode the CTCSS/DCS for a conventional object.
When I first got my Pro-106, I used Mark's recommended settings. I didn't have any conventional analog stuff on my area to test those settings and forgot about them. After going to a place that used conventional almost exclusively, I was extremely confused why my scanner would skip over active frequencies programmed with CTCSS/DCS. It would work completely fine if I left it in Search/None or if I was manually holding on a conventional object. It was years until I finally went through and reset SQ Wait 1 & 2 and suddenly the scanner would decode CTCSS/DCS correctly.
What are you saying and what is the purpose of your thread? Are your settings better or worse than what is suggested at Mark's Scanners? It's difficult to get your point across when you don't form any sentences or use any punctuation.
i have the same problem. there is an op from south texas who does the same thing. i cannot understand what he is trying to say. no periods, commas, their is spelled as there, most things are horribly misspelled, usually on long sentence which may be two (he would say 'too') paragraphs long, etc. no wonder the guy is only a technician level ham op after 25 years. please say whether the settings are good, bad ugly, etc. so that we know what you mean. thanks.
From my experience, the default settings are the best. Using the lower SQ Wait 1 & 2 will "speed up" scanning through conventional frequencies by an extremely small fraction of a second, but it severely degrades the ability of the scanner to decode the correct CTCSS/DCS for a conventional object. Setting it to a smaller value can cut off the scanner before it has time to properly decode the CTCSS/DCS for a conventional object.
When I first got my Pro-106, I used Mark's recommended settings. I didn't have any conventional analog stuff on my area to test those settings and forgot about them. After going to a place that used conventional almost exclusively, I was extremely confused why my scanner would skip over active frequencies programmed with CTCSS/DCS. It would work completely fine if I left it in Search/None or if I was manually holding on a conventional object. It was years until I finally went through and reset SQ Wait 1 & 2 and suddenly the scanner would decode CTCSS/DCS correctly.
can i put the ctcss/dcs codes in if I have them or just let it search for them
Hello, bonk83:i listen to the south carolina forestry i know only of two frequencies that i receive out of north carolina
the two sc forestry frequencies are close
Good luck...i was trying to get help with my scanner not a spelling class and the other person is talking about
a clint eastwood western movie and ya'll two must don't much about scanners if ya'll two did ya'll two understand it no matter how it was wrote the other people knew what I was talking about