Scanner Delay Options

[Salvatorejrc]

I'm aware that there is a delay option on my sds100. What do the negative seconds options mean? For ex- there could be 3, 2, or 1 second delay time or the same but in negatives.

 

[RaleighGuy]

If you read page 26 of the manual you will find the answer, really the manual is your friend

 

[doctordialtone]

delay time or the same but in negatives.

Sure enough! It's in the manual!

 

[ofd8001]

In other words a negative delay means the number of seconds you are willing to listen to a channel before going on. So a -5 delay means it will listen to the channel for 5 seconds and the resume scanning. (If there is something "juicy" going on, you can hit the Channel button and hold on the channel).

 

[hiegtx]

In general, I do not use negative delay. However, one exception is Dallas Fire Rescue's automated Locution dispatch. Every now & then, 'Dispatch Debbie' goes off the deep end, and keeps dis[atching the same incident, with the same units assigned, multiple times. So, when she goes bonkers, negative delay tells the scanner to go find something else until 'Debbie' gets laryngitis.

 

[Ubbe]

I use negative delay with unattended search. When the scanner stops on a carrier it would be stuck there but with 10 sec negative delay it will record what is there and continue the search. I have to use large search ranges to have a cycle time of one minute so that a 10 sec stop on a carrier doesn't take up the majority of the search time.

/Ubbe