New Signing Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 G'day folks, In my new boat for some reason when i have the VHF on scan it only scans as far as channel 28 before it locks on there and shows 28 as busy. It doesn't move beyond that point until you start the scan again at which point it goes through the channels until it hits 28 again. I have no issue calling other boats or rescue base etc so the radio appears to operate perfectly other than that. I have tried this at both Bermagui and at crookhaven heads for the same result. I'd appreciate any ideas you may have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 People will probably need to know what brand of radio you have to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) I have a GME. I’m not sure about channel 28 specifically but when I scan, it will stop at the first channel it picks up traffic on (even if I can’t hear it) and won’t start scanning again until it’s clear, or I hit SCAN again. I usually just set my radio to Tri-Channel monitoring and usually monitor 16 (my Channel A), 71 (Channel B ) and 80 (game fishing chatter). In whale watching season I might monitor 74 instead to listen to the whale boats. Edited April 11, 2018 by Berleyguts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 18 hours ago, Welster said: People will probably need to know what brand of radio you have to help. Sorry its a GME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 17 hours ago, Berleyguts said: I have a GME. I’m not sure about channel 28 specifically but when I scan, it will stop at the first channel it picks up traffic on (even if I can’t hear it) and won’t start scanning again until it’s clear, or I hit SCAN again. I usually just set my radio to Tri-Channel monitoring and usually monitor 16 (my Channel A), 71 (Channel B ) and 80 (game fishing charter). In whale watching season I might monitor 74 instead to listen to the whale boats. Naturally thats how it should work but in my case 28 is the channel it is constantly locking on and constantly showing as busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campr Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Hi. You said new boat, is the radio also new ? If new contact GME as it would have a warranty. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 New secondhand. I spoke to GME today who were surprisingly helpful and asked me to box it up and send it back to them to be recalibrated. Must be a known issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 29 minutes ago, New Signing said: New secondhand. I spoke to GME today who were surprisingly helpful and asked me to box it up and send it back to them to be recalibrated. Must be a known issue Well, that’s good! Here was me thinking you had someone in your area clogging up channel 28 enough to stop the scan but not loud enough for you to hear them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Sounds like they have good support. I had a am-fm radio replaced by them and it wasn’t an issue at all. Just curious does your vhf have the DSC button and is it connected to a GPS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 No DSC button and not connected to GPS. GX600A has: Chan A Chan B DW/TW Lamp/25W/1W Scan SQL And that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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