Priority Watch; Priority Watch Types - Icom COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER IC-R3 Instruction Manual

Priority watch types

Priority watch checks for signals on a frequency every 5 sec.
while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The receiver
has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs.
In addition, you can be alerted with beeps and a flashing "ë."
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume
condition. See p. 22 for details.
If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver auto-
matically selects the tone squelch function when priority
watch starts.

PRIORITY WATCH

MEMORY CHANNEL
WATCH (p. 26)
5 sec.
125 msec.
VFO Memory
frequency channel
MEMORY SCAN WATCH
(p. 26)
125 msec.
5 sec.
Mch 00
Mch 01
SKIP
VFO
frequency
Mch 02
Mch 49
VFO SCAN WATCH (p. 27)
5 sec.
125 msec.
VFO Memory
scanning channel
7
While operating on a VFO
frequency, priority watch
checks for a signal on the
selected memory channel
every 5 sec.
• A memory channel with skip in-
formation can be watched.
While operating on a VFO
frequency, priority watch
checks for signals on each
memory channel in se-
quence.
• The memory skip function
and/or memory bank scan is
useful to speed up the scan.
While scanning in VFO
mode, priority watch checks
for signals on the selected
memory channel every 5
sec.
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