Hi All, this radio looks interesting for it's broad coverage. I believe it can scan memory channels. Specifically I'd like to know if you could scan all your saved airband memories (I think you can from what I've seen in YouTube videos so far). And if so, what kind of scanning speed. A quick Google search didn't turn up much. I know the faster the better, since if it's a slow scan, you can often miss the first few seconds of a transmission before the scanning cycle reaches that frequency again. If there are no specs on this, could someone give me a ballpark idea, like 5 channels a second, 10, etc. I don't expect it to be like an Icom churning through hundreds of channels a second, but if it's really slow I'd see that as a minus. Thanks.
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RT-950 Pro Memory Channel Scanning
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Mine is on order. There is a Facebook Group for the 950 Pro with a ton of info and videos of the radio. Worth a look.
Thanks, I'll have a look. Good luck with your new radio. I'll probably order one sooner or later.
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Yes, you can add AM memory channels in the CPS. I just loaded 29 aviation channels into a separate zone and uploaded them to my RT-950pro. The scanning speed appears to be fairly quick for a 2-way radio, at about 5 seconds for the 29 channels (approx 5.8 ch/sec).
Thus far, Radtel has been pretty good at releasing frequent FW updates and adding features.
Thanks for that info, very useful. I haven't found that info anywhere else on the web. Looking forward to learning it. Scan speed isn't too bad I guess if you limit the number of channels you want to scan. I usually only scan 20 channels or thereabouts, so it should cycle through them in well under 5 seconds.
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