Priority Watch; I Priority Watch Types - Icom IC-91A Instruction Manual

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PRIORITY WATCH

I 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 the left page for details.
NOTE: If the pocket beep function is activated, the trans-
ceiver automatically selects the tone squelch function
when priority watch starts.
D 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.
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MEMORY/CALL CHANNEL WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-
quency, priority watch checks for
a signal on the selected memory
or call 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 chan-
nel 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 memory or call
channel every 5 sec.
5 sec.
Memory
VFO
(Call)
frequency
channel
5 sec.
Mch 000
Mch 001
SKIP
VFO
Mch 001
frequency
Mch 999
5 sec.
Memory
VFO
(Call)
scan
channel