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PRIORITY WATCH
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■ Priority watch types
Priority watch checks for signals on the frequency every 
5 sec. while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The 
transceiver has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs. 
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume 
condition. See page 89 for details.
 NOTE: If the pocket beep function is activated, the trans-
ceiver automatically selects the tone squelch function 
when priority watch starts.
D About priority beep function
When receiving a signal on the priority frequency, you can 
be alerted with beeps and a blink “S.” This function can 
be activated when setting the priority watch function ON.
MEMORY/CALL CHANNEL WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-
quency, priority watch checks 
for a signal on the selected 
channel every 5 sec.
•  A memory channel with skip infor-
mation can be watched.
MEMORY SCAN WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-
quency, priority watch checks 
for signals on each memory 
channel in sequence.
•  The memory skip function and/or 
memory bank scan is useful to 
speed up the scan.
VFO SCAN WATCH
While scanning in VFO mode, 
priority watch checks for signals 
on the selected channel every 
5 sec.
5 sec.
VFO
frequency
Memory
(Call)
channel
5 sec.
VFO
frequency
SKIP
Mch 000
Mch 001
Mch 001
Mch 999
5 sec.
VFO
scan
Memory
(Call)
channel