Yaesu FT-2400H Manual page 26

U
memori es are marked for
s
kip-sca nning
s hifts to the prior ity memory br iefly while the
(you'll get ordin ary memory
t
uning), or if
e i t her receiver
c
hec k s
f
or α
s
ignal.
of
t hese memor ies are masked (hidde n) .
Pri
o
ri
t
y
C
h
a
nn
e
l M
o
ni
to
r
i
n
g
Priori ty moni to ring pr ovides automat i c
checking
f
o r activity on α priority c
hannel
(me mory) every five seco nds whil e ope ratin g on
the dial or ot h e r memories . When
t
he
r
eceiver
detects α
s
ignal on the priority
c
ha nnel, opera-
tion auto matically shifts to that memory while
the signal is present (plus α
f
ew seco nds). Ifyou
t
ransm it
w
hile pause d on the priority
c
hannel,
prior ity monitoring ceases a nd operation stay s
on the prior ity memory.
To set up
f
o r priority monitor ing:
Ο Preset the sque l ch, a nd store the freque ncy
to be monitored in α memory (this must be
memory 1 if you will be operatin g on other
m e mories durin g p riority monitor ing).
Ο
Press MR to oper ate in
t
he dial m ode, or
e
lse
select the m e mory you want to operate on,
and then press
F
/ ω -4' Ρ
R
ΊΙ
While no signal
a
ppea rs on the prior ity
c
han-
ne l to open
t
he sque lch, you ca n
t
une, transmit
a nd
r
eceive on the di al, or se lect a nd operate on
other memor i es (but not scan
t hem). If α stat ion
you wish to talk wi th appears on the priority
mem ory, press the FIT switch mo mentarily
while
r
ece iving their signal, to stop priority
c
hecking. Otherw ise, when α
s
ig nal appears on
the prior ity memory, priority
c
heckin g will
pause and
t
he decimal on the di splay will bli nk.
P
rio rity monitoring will resume acco rdin g to
how you set the sca n-resume mode - either after
α 5-second pause, or after
t
h e ca rrier drops (see
page 22). To cancel p riority monitoring m
anu-
ally, press
MR-
Note that
y
ou can u
se any other me mory as
α priority
c
ha nnel in
t
he above procedu re when
you
a
re goin g to be operating in dial mode. You
cannot, however, switch from memory to dial
operat i o n or
v
ice-versa without first cance llin g
prior ity monitoring (pr essing M
R
cancels p riority
Α "Ρ" appea rs in
t
he memory b ox, and
a
bout
monitoring) . You also cannot scan during prio r-
e very five seco nds the displ ayed frequency
ity mo nitorin g.