Fairhaven RD500 User Manual - page 21

Creating groups with a memory for every channel step of a known band is a great way 

of making use of the RD500’s massive memory and it allows seamless tuning with 

identifying text at every turn of the dial!  

Try to give a name to all the channels of, say, the 2 metre amateur band, e.g. “GB3HH 

BUXTON Rptr”, or just “FM simplex”, if the channel is not allocated to a more 

specific purpose. Tuning through these memories is more preferable to using band 

mode because you will be constantly shown what each channel is allocated to and the 

RD500 can recall record names as fast as you can tune. Band mode is more useful for 

frequency searching, to find new signals . 

b. Deleting records 

Individual records can be deleted by selecting a memory and pressing 

.  

In group mode pressing   reveals a menu which allows all the 

entries of a particular group to be deleted and options are provided to delete all tagged 

memories or all untagged memories. There is also a reset switch located on the 

underside of the receiver. Depressing this will erase all memories, the receiver will 

then have to be set up to allow recording space if required by pressing 1,6,1  

(see recording 4.14). 

c. Searching records using text. 

Any word or group of words or even part of a word can be searched for, and the search 

method is not “case sensitive” so matches can be made when entries include capital 

letters. 

To search for a memory, press  or select a new group and press enter to go 

the memory records. Then press   (FIND) and enter your search 

word. 

   Enter   search   text 

 _ 

The receiver will then ask if you want to search the memories in all the groups or just 

the currently selected group. Enter 1 for current group and 2 for all groups. 

Any record containing the search word will then appear in  “review mode” and the 

records can be viewed by pressing  

the up and down keys. 

Pressing   takes you back to memory mode and it can be seen that all the 

records containing the search word are now tagged with the letter t. Pressing  

allows the tagged records to be reviewed again. Key 2. Clears the tags, Key 3. Shows 

how many records are tagged and Key 4. allows the tagged records to be copied to a 

new group. The group number can be changed by moving the cursor with the up and 

down keys and entering numbers and letters via the keypad.  

By copying records to a new group and then searching that specific group, the 

user can start a search with a broad definition such as “broadcast” or “repeater” and 

then narrow down the search with a city name or other attribute. Furthermore an initial 

search can be made on the group names alone by pressing   followed by 

. By making use of group names the total description of any