Wouxun KG-XS20G Plus - Channel scan display illegible when Priority Scan is enabled.

[WRNU354]

Since I received my Wouxun KG-XS20G+ last week I have been playing with it's features individually and in combination. 

In this process I have found some things that at first seem to be problems, but I'm now thinking are just the way radios work. Your thoughts are appreciated!

So after creating a scanlist of channels 1-10 and initating a scan, my new radio works as I would expect. The channel numbers display in quick legible ascending order and repeat until I either stop the scan or a signal is detected. (NOTE - I'm using the 14: SCANMODE = TO)

So here's the issue:

When I enable Priority Scan (18:PRI-SCAN)  and set the Priority Channel (18:PRI-CH) initiating a scan results in the scan display interleaving scanlist channels with the priority channel. The display is changing so quick it is only barely legible. 

I know this is evidence the priority scan is technically working correctly with the scan list, but it seems to me an odd design choice. It would make more sense to me the Priority Channel be excluded from the display leaving the scanlist channel sequence legible.

Do other radios work this way?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Aaholland]

I figured it is working. It's just fast compared to the midland I had before. The thing I can't figure out is the scan list. I set one up for all channels and 1 for my repeater channels I put in the 900s. I can't figure out how to scan the second one.

[GrouserPad]

Let me pile on a bit then; when you set a priority channel to scan in the background do you find it causes any incoming signals to have breaks in their transmission every couple seconds? 

[WRNU354]

21 hours ago, GrouserPad said:

Let me pile on a bit then; when you set a priority channel to scan in the background do you find it causes any incoming signals to have breaks in their transmission every couple seconds? 

Thanks for the question.

It got me thinking so I did some testing with a Wouxun KG-XS20G+ configured with a scanlist of 15 channels and priority scanning of channel 2. I used a Wouxun KG-935G+ on channel 1 and another on channel two to key all the combinations with the KG-XS20G+ scanning using scan mode = CO.

Initially I had the misunderstanding that Priority Scanning was something independent of manually initiated scanning and worked constantly in the background when enabled. I also assumed assumed it was preemptive.

Testing my Wouxun KG-XS20G+ shows priority scan only works during a manually initiated scan effectively interleaving the scanning of the priority channel while stepping through the scan list channels.  For large scan lists this noticeably improves how fast the radio detects the priority channel. 

Answer to your question: I found priority scanning is not preemptive. When I can lands on a channel in the scan list or on the priority channel it will stay on the channel base on the scan mode.

So with my better understanding I've made my favorite repeater my priority channel so I'm less likely to miss the first the first part of of transmissions when I'm scanning.

[WRYZ926]

WOW Negative Nancy just can't help himself. 

So are we still at 999 reasons not to own a Chinese made radio or are we up to 1998 reasons now.

On topic. I won't be any help since I hardly use scan let alone priority scan. Too many kids, farmers and drunk hunters (during deer season) to listen too.

[WRUU653]

I think it's working the way it's meant to. Though I don't use priority scan myself. If I want to listen for a channel that's what I use the dual display for and I think my eyes would go buggy trying to read the scan display , I only care if it stops. 

[WRNU354]

On 2/24/2025 at 7:34 PM, Aaholland said:

I figured it is working. It's just fast compared to the midland I had before. The thing I can't figure out is the scan list. I set one up for all channels and 1 for my repeater channels I put in the 900s. I can't figure out how to scan the second one.

Thanks for your post. It's actually doing what it should. So its still very useful, but not in the way I thought it might be.

I don't have a Midland, but if you can more than one scanlist there has to be a means to select which one will be used. If your radio is dual receive capability you might even have ability to select separate scan list numbers for the A & B channels. How its done on your Midland is likely most apparent in your factory programming software or CHIRP, if available for your radio model.

Here's how it works on my Wouxun radios using the factory programming software. There are up two things that control which channels will be included in a scan. 

The first is a parameter included with each channel entry called "Scan Add".  If Scan Add is "ON" the the channel can be scanned. If "OFF" then it will NOT be scanned even if included in the range of the selected scan list or when using scan list "ALL"

The second thing are scan lists. The default scan list is "ALL" which includes all configured channels with "ScanAdd" of "ON".

The user defined numbered scan lists each consist of a start channel number and an end channel number. Again, even if a channel is included in scan list range it will not be scanned until the channel's "Scan Add" is set to "ON"

My radios are dual receive so I have two parameters I can use to select a scan group; For area "A" the parameter is "SCAN-GRP-A and  "SCANGRP-B" for the "B" area. Each can be set either directly from the radio's menu or using the programming software to either "ALL" or one of the scan list numbers.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

 

[WRNU354]

1 hour ago, Socalgmrs said:

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Given you are from So Cal and assuming you are of certain age you might remember Brew 102, lovingly crafted from LA River water. In my youth, Brew 102 was my adult beverage of choice because it was available, cheap and yielded the desired effect. With time I gained experience and knowledge of adult beverages resulting in a appreciation of the finer brews. So I like to think I'm in the Brew 102 stage of my GMRS hobby. Wouxun is available, cheap and has the desired effect. It will do until I can develop experience and knowledge enough to appreciate something better.

[OffRoaderX]

3 minutes ago, WRNU354 said:

Given you are from So Cal and assuming you are of certain age you might remember Brew 102, lovingly crafted from LA River water.

 

[Socalgmrs]

And why do people like wo oceans.   I mean just this week alone how many posts have been made about them. And this month and year to date.  Why why why any one would ever spend the money they sell for on junk like this is beyond me.  They must be very good and advertising.