Priority Watch; I Priority Watch Types; I Priority Watch Operation - Icom IC-R1500 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
receiver has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs.
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume
condition. See p. ?? for details.
NOTE: If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver
automatically selects the tone squelch function when pri-
ority watch starts.
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.
25
5 sec.
VFO Memory
frequency channel
5 sec.
Mch 000
Mch 001
SKIP
VFO
Mch 001
frequency
Mch 999

I Priority watch operation

q Select VFO mode; then, set an operating frequency.
w Set the watching channel(s).
For memory channel watch:
Select the desired memory channel.
For memory scan watch:
Select memory mode, or the desired bank group; then,
push [V/MHz•SCAN] for 1 sec. to start memory scan.
e Push [ATT•PRIO] for 1 sec. to start the watch.
• "PRIO" indicator appears.
• The receiver checks the memory/bank channel(s) every 5 sec.
• The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume con-
dition. (p. ??)
• While the watch is pausing, pushing [ATT•PRIO] resumes the
watch manually.
r Push [ATT•PRIO] for 1 sec. to stop the watch.