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AGAIN AND THE FT5DR WILL DISPLAY ACTIVITY ON ALL THREE FREQUENCIES IN THE
FORM OF VERTICAL BARS LABELED P1, P2, AND P3 YOU CAN REGISTER UP TO FIVE
FREQUENCIES.  WHENEVER ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE, THE BARS CHANGE COLOR AND
EXPAND IN HEIGHT.  TAP ON ANY OF THE BARS AND YOURE INSTANTLY TRANSPORTED
TO THAT FREQUENCY.  LIKE MANY HIGHER END HANDHELD MODELS, THE FT5DR OFFERS
A BAND SCOPE.  IVE USUALLY BEEN UNDERWHELMED WITH BAND SCOPES ON HANDHELD
RIGS, BUT THE FT5DR IS AN EXCEPTION SEE FIGURE 1.  THANKS TO THE SHARP,
COLORFUL DISPLAY, THE SCOPE IS EASY TO SEE.  WITH THE TOUCH SCREEN
FUNCTION, THE BAND SCOPE IS EVEN EASIER TO USE.  IF YOU SEE A SPIKE OF
ACTIVITY, A QUICK TAP ON THE SCREEN WILL PUT YOU ON FREQUENCY.  OF COURSE,
THE FT5DR INCLUDES FLEXIBLE SCANNING FUNCTIONS.  MY FAVORITE WAS THE MEMORY
SCAN.  I COULD CHOOSE WHICH MEMORY GROUPS I WANTED TO BROWSE AND THEN
ACTIVATE THE SCAN.  THERE IS ALSO A PROGRAMMABLE VFO SCAN, WHICH IS HANDY
WHEN YOU WANT TO EXPLORE WITHIN A CERTAIN FREQUENCY RANGE.  WHEN YOURE
EAVESDROPPING WITH THE FT5DR, YOU CAN MAKE AUDIO RECORDINGS OF ANYTHING YOU
HAPPEN TO STUMBLE ACROSS.  NOT ONLY THAT YOU CAN ALSO RECORD YOUR OWN
TRANSMISSIONS.  TO USE THE RECORDING FEATURE, YOULL NEED A MICROSD MEMORY
CARD THE FT5DR CAN SUPPORT CARDS WITH CAPACITIES AS GREAT AS 32 GB AND
INSERT IT INTO THE SLOT ON THE SIDE OF THE RADIO.  YOU MUST ENTER THE MENU
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