Priority Watch; I Priority Watch Types - Icom IC-R20 Instruction Manual

I Priority watch types

Priority watch checks for signals on the frequency every
5 sec. while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The
receiver 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.
NOTES:
If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver auto-
matically 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.

PRIORITY WATCH

MEMORY CHANNEL WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-
quency, priority watch checks for
a signal on the selected memory
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 on VFO mode,
priority watch checks for signals
on the selected memory chan-
nel every 5 sec.
8
5 sec.
VFO Memory
frequency channel
5 sec.
Mch 000
Mch 001
SKIP
VFO
Mch 001
frequency
Mch 999
5 sec.
VFO Memory
scan channel
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