R-2000
Scan-Stop Mod
Submitted by Terry
On the RF board (the lower
one with the R2000 in the normal, upright position) the jumper and
connections
can easily be found by looking straight back from the AGC/NB/DIMMER
switches. The
jumper is a white wire, and the positions are labeled "FOR SSB, AM FREE
SCAN" and "FOR SSB, AM BUSY SCAN". In the "BUSY" position, any
time
a signal, or noise, breaks (opens) the squelch, the radio will stop
scanning.
When the signal (or noise) disappears, scanning will resume. In
the
"FREE" position the radio will not stop scanning regardless of the
squelch
state. This works in either the memory scan mode, or "Program
Scan"
mode (searches between freqs programmed in M9 and M0).
This is an easy and safe mod, but I never found much use for it. Now if it was a Voice Squelch instead of an RF level squelch it would be great. The PCR1000 receiver that I used for a few days had VSC (voice squelch) that worked better than I expected. It was nice to start the radio scanning and only have it stop on a voice signal. Other than the VSC feature, the PCR1000 was not a great SW receiver.
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