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BASIC OPERATION
■ Selecting a channel
D Regular Channel
You can select a channel by pushing [▲] or [▼].
D Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used to
establish the initial contact with a station, and for emergency
communications. Channel 16 is monitored during both
Dualwatch and Tri-watch. While in the standby mode, you
must monitor Channel 16.
z Push [16/C] to select Channel 16.
L To return to the previously selected channel, push [◄] or [►] to
display
or
, then push the software key below
or
.
D Call channel
Each Channel Group has separate leisure-use Call
channels. The Call channel is scanned during Tri-watch. The
Call channels can be selected and used to store your most
often used channels in each Channel Group, for quick recall.
L See page 12 for details on setting the Call channel.
z Hold down [16/C] for 1 second to select the Call channel.
• The Call channel number and “CALL” are displayed.
L To return to the previously selected channel, push [◄] or [►] to
display
or
, then push the software key below
or
.