[ICOM] IC706 Mk2G resume on scanning

[Gary Fiber]

Jim Miller wrote:
> Memory scan on the IC706 mk2g.  Can it be set to STAY on memory location that has traffic?  It resumes after a few seconds even when there is traffic on the memory channel.  I do NOT want it to take off and scan again until the channel is clear.  I cannot find this option in the manual.  Both Kenwood and Yaesu function this way and this is the way I want the 706 to operate.  
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> Thanks, Jim
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No it always restarts scanning 10 seconds after stopping on a signal OR 
2 seconds after a signal disappears if less than 10 seconds. Page 43 and 
53 in the manual tell you about the scanning as you probably found.

Icom's VHF and UHF rigs scan the way you want however they treat the 
706MKIIG more like an HF rig than VHF rig so for some reason they choose 
to do scanning operations differently.
An enterprising designer could connect an external device to the CI-V 
port since you can monitor S-Meter level and likely control the scanning 
via that port. It would take some development
work with some sort of small processor.

Gary K8IZ
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