Receiving and Making Calls
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Monitoring Features
Monitoring a Channel
Use the Monitor feature to make sure a channel is free before
transmitting.
Procedure:
1 Press and hold the programmed Monitor button and listen
for activity.
2 You hear radio activity, total silence or “white noise”,
depending on how your radio is programmed.
3 If you do not hear radio activity (that is, channel is free),
press the PTT button to talk and release it to listen.
Permanent Monitor
Use the Permanent Monitor feature to continuously monitor a
selected channel for activity.
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button.
2 Radio sounds alert tone, and the LED lights up solid yellow.
3 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button to
remove the radio from permanent monitor mode.
4 Radio sounds an alert tone and the LED turns off.