Priority Watch; Priority Watch Types; Priority Watch Operation - Icom IC-R2500 Instruction Manual

■ 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 two priority watch types to suit your needs.
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume
condition. See ((p. 29)) for details.
NOTE: If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver
automatically selects the tone/DTCS squelch function
when priority 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.
5 sec.
VFO Memory
frequency channel
5 sec.
Mch 000
Mch 001
SKIP
VFO
Mch 001
frequency
Mch 999

PRIORITY WATCH

■ Priority watch operation

q Push the main band's [VFO/MR•S.MW] once or twice to
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 and hold [MODE•SCAN] for 1 sec. to start memory
scan or bank scan.
e Push and hold [ATT•PRIO] for 1 sec. to start the watch.
• The receiver checks the memory/bank channel(s) every 5 sec.
• The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume con-
dition. ((p. 29))
• While the watch is pausing, pushing and holding [ATT•PRIO] for
1 sec. resumes the watch manually.
r Push and hold [ATT•PRIO] for 1 sec. to stop the watch.
[ATT•PRIO]
"PRIO" appears
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