R30 performance with simulcast?

[N4DJC]

You mean a delay on each channel you're scanning from the memory?
I don't see an option to write a specific delay in each channel memory.

Not that I see either. It can be individually set for each VFO.

 

[kruser]

You mean a delay on each channel you're scanning from the memory?
I don't see an option to write a specific delay in each channel memory.

I have no idea what I was thinking! Must have confused this with another radio.
You are right, there are no per channel hold time or delay settings. Just the pause and resume timer settings under the A/B Bank settings.

 

[palmerjrusa]

Unlike the ic-r30, the ic-r8600 doesn't seem to have an option to link groups (banks) for scanning. It's the old Icom "all or one" scanning options!

 

[bearcatrp]

He's talking about the R8600 in that post.
Scan speed can't be adjusted in the R30. The only thing you can do with an R30 is set a channel delay on each memory channel.

Thought so but wanted to ask in case I missed something. Would be nice if us R30 owners could adjust scanning speed.

 

[wa8pyr]

Yes. There doesn't need to be an "unblocked" version as special order or govt only. It should be unblocked as standard to everyone, everywhere.

Federal law says it must be blocked, so they're blocked. Lawmakers never let common sense get in the way. . . .

 

[wb4sqi]

And Federal law will never change until someone can introduce a bill to do so. That is so very low on the priority list it will likely never see the light of day. So, if you want unblocked, order from outside the U.S.

 

[N1FKO]

Unlike the ic-r30, the ic-r8600 doesn't seem to have an option to link groups (banks) for scanning. It's the old Icom "all or one" scanning options!

The IC-R8600 supports scanning any contiguous block of memories, spanning banks. There is also the Select scan, which allows you to tag frequencies from multiple banks and scan them as a set. You can have up to 9 sets.

 

[Barnstormer7]

And Federal law will never change until someone can introduce a bill to do so. That is so very low on the priority list it will likely never see the light of day. So, if you want unblocked, order from outside the U.S.

That's exactly what I did!

 

[palmerjrusa]

The IC-R8600 supports scanning any contiguous block of memories, spanning banks. There is also the Select scan, which allows you to tag frequencies from multiple banks and scan them as a set. You can have up to 9 sets.

Yes, but as far as I can see from the manual, you can only select to scan one bank or all of them, there's no option to link user selected banks for scanning as there is for the ic-r30.

 

[N1FKO]

Yes, but as far as I can see from the manual, you can only select to scan one bank or all of them, there's no option to link user selected banks for scanning as there is for the ic-r30.

It is not like the IC-R30, but it is not all or one.

 

[palmerjrusa]

It is not like the IC-R30, but it is not all or one.

Yes, but your only options are to use the "select" feature or "mode" scan feature etc to select specific banks or frequencies within specific banks.

 

[N1FKO]

Yes, but your only options are to use the "select" feature or "mode" scan feature etc to select specific banks or frequencies within specific banks.

Or any contiguous range, e.g. all of banks 1,2 and 3. Or banks 4, 5, and 6. Or memory 50 in bank 2 to memory 99 in bank 7.

 

[palmerjrusa]

Or any contiguous range, e.g. all of banks 1,2 and 3. Or banks 4, 5, and 6. Or memory 50 in bank 2 to memory 99 in bank 7.

There's something I'm not seeing here.
What do you mean by contiguous range?

 

[N1FKO]

There's something I'm not seeing here.
What do you mean by contiguous range?

You can scan any arbitrary range of memories, but you can't have breaks. You can scan from bank 2 memory 25 to bank 4 memory 50 but you can't skip bank 3 (at least not without manually setting each memory in the bank to 'skip').

 

[palmerjrusa]

You can scan any arbitrary range of memories, but you can't have breaks or skips. You can scan from bank 2 memory 25 to bank 4 memory 50 but you can't skip bank 3.

Could you give me the section in the manual where it gives directions on how to do this?
What "type/set" scanning category is this?

 

[N1FKO]

Could you give me the section in the manual where it gives directions on how to do this?
What "type/set" scanning category is this?

Section 9-7, Memory scan and Select Memory scan, specifically point 4 under 'Memory scan operation'.

 

[palmerjrusa]

Section 9-7, Memory scan and Select Memory scan, specifically point 4 under 'Memory scan operation'.

Thanks for your help, need to do a little playing with the settings here!

 

[N1FKO]

Thanks for your help, need to do a little playing with the settings here!

You are most welcome. While this feature is not as flexible as toggling banks on and off, I think with a little advance planning with regard to group contents it's still quite useful.

 

[palmerjrusa]

Here's where I'm having my problem:

I have banks 0 to 5 completely filled.

Say I want to scan 0-10 to 4-50.
I touch "Type/Set" and select "MEMO".
I touch "SELECT" and select "ALL" with the main dial.
I touch "SELECT" again and set the first channel edge with the Main Dial = 0-10.
I touch "SELECT" again to set the other channel edge and I see no quick way to go to 4-50. It's making me use the Main Dial to scroll all the way down from 99-99. I don't see any easy way to go to 4-50 to set the other channel edge. There must be an easier way to quickly navigate and select the other channel edge.

 

[N1FKO]

There must be an easier way to quickly navigate and select the other channel edge.

There is a high-speed scroll - put your finger in the main dial and give it a good spin. The radio remembers where you left it - even if you switch to a single bank and back again.