Priority Watch; Priority Watch Types - Icom IC-E2820 Instruction Manual

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PRIORITY WATCH

■ Priority watch types

Priority watch checks for signals on a VFO frequency every
5 sec. while operating in memory mode. The transceiver has
3 priority watch types to suit your needs. You can also trans-
mit on the VFO frequency while the priority watch operates.
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume
condition. See page 77 for details.
NOTE:
If the pocket beep function is activated, the transceiver au-
tomatically selects the tone squelch function when priority
watch starts.
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MEMORY CHANNEL WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-
quency, priority watch checks for
a signal on the selected memory
channel every 5 sec.
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 is useful
to speed up the scan.
CALL CHANNEL WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-
quency, priority watch checks for
signals on the call channel every
5 sec.
5 sec.
VFO Memory
frequency channel
5 sec.
Mch 1
Mch 2
SKIP
VFO
Mch 3
frequency
Mch 499
5 sec.
VFO Call
frequency channel