Fairhaven RD500 User Manual - 4.20

When “Prio” is activated in the <SCAN>  menu (option 3), the receiver 

alternates between its normal scanning routine and the priority channel in order to 

switch the receiver to the priority frequency as soon as the it becomes active. This 

avoids having to wait for the frequency to occur in the scan sequence, which may take 

some time to cycle through. 

The priority channel is initially set up by pressing .  Frequency, 

mode and a name can then be entered. 

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4.20

  The database system. 

a.  Memory records and group names 

The database system provides 234 groups (A1 to Z9)  which can each hold between 1 

and 999 records although the maximum total number of records is limited to 13,290 

with the standard 512K of  RAM and 54,681 with the maximum of 2 Mbytes. These 

figures are further reduced when the memory is partitioned for sound recording 

(Section 4.14).  

A memory can be created from a VFO frequency, (the normal tuning mode after 

cancelling any other operation) as follows:  

First select the desired group into which the memory is to be entered. This is done by 

pressing GROUP, and using the up and down keys or the tuning wheel to change the 

group number. Return to VFO mode by pressing  

Set the frequency, mode and text field of the current VFO. Then press  

 (i.e. SAVE) and the record will be saved in the next available memory in 

the current group.

The memories can be selected by pressing  and using the up and down keys 

or the tuning wheel to move through the group. Pressing  allows the 

memory to be tuned,   returns to memory selection mode.   can be 

visited to show the group title.  

Memory records 

  A1:1    14.12345  AMW 

  …Memory  Text field…         

Group names 

  A1:1            999  Entries 

  …Group    Text   Field… 

Hint on use of memories…