SDS100E Searching: Quick Search, Custom Search & Search Keys

Summary: How to search with the SDS100E: Quick Search, ten Custom Searches and three Search Keys, plus the search and Close Call options.

Search/Close Call Options

Menu, Srch/CloCall Opt:

• Freq Avoids – Stop All Avoiding removes avoids from all frequencies; Rvw Search Avoids lets you scroll avoided frequencies and press E to unavoid one.
• Broadcast Screen – Set All Band On/Off, Set Each Band (a screen that’s on makes the scanner ignore traffic on matching frequencies during search or Close Call) and Program Band (define custom screens with lower and upper limits).
• Repeater Find – On automatically switches to the repeater output when the input is detected.
• Set Delay Time – -10, -5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on seconds; a negative value forces a resume after that time even if the transmission continues.
• Set Attenuator – 20 dB on or off for these searches.

Quick Search

Hold on a channel or frequency, then press Func then E/yes. You can also key in a frequency and press CHAN (soft key 3) to start from there.

Custom Search

Menu, Search For…, Custom Search starts one; Edit Custom sets the ten ranges: Edit Name, Edit Srch Limit (lower and upper), Set Delay Time, Set Modulation (Auto uses band defaults), Set Attenuator, Set Step (Auto uses the band’s standard step) and Search with Scan (Set Avoid to include the search during scanning, or avoid it temporarily or permanently; Set Hold Time for how long to spend in it before normal scanning resumes). Number keys toggle custom search bands on and off during a search.

Search Keys

Under Search For…, Set Search Key choose key 1, 2 or 3 and the function it controls (a custom search, tone-out search or Close Call). Hold on a channel and press Func + 1, 2 or 3 to start it.

Search with Scan

Menu, Search with Scan, Set System Avoid – set to Temporary or Permanent to turn Search with Scan off.

Storing What You Find

Press E/yes on a frequency to quick-store it in Search modes.