I did a long trip to a lot crystal shards recently, so I'm all stocked up on raw mats. In a strange way, I also kind of enjoy flying around a busy station scanning wakes. But I keep getting low on manufactured mats. I have never really figured out how to target a USS in SC to scan it, and then switch back to my original target once I see that it's just people fighting and not potential pharma isolators. Maybe I should check up on that.
Is it possible to honk the system instead of scanning the nav beacon?
Yes.
Arrive in system
Enter Analysis HUD
Honk
Slow to minimum speed but don’t drop, pointing away from star.
Enter FSS
Set scan frequency to left hand end of bar
Centre and zoom in on the circles that resolve in the bright fuzzy patches these are USSs zoom out when resolved
While zoomed in if you want to visit click targeting button
Exit FSS and head for the target you just made, there will be a timer top right showing how long the signal source will last.