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BASIC OPERATION
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Selecting a channel
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Regular Channel
You can select a channel by pushing [▲] or [▼].
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Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used to
establish the initial contact with a station, and for emergency
communications. Channel 16 is monitored during both
Dualwatch and Tri-watch. While in the standby mode, you
must monitor Channel 16.
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Push [16/C] to select Channel 16.
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To return to the previously selected channel, push [◄] or [►] to
display
CHAN
or
CH/WX
, then push the software key below
CHAN
or
CH/WX
.
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Call channel
Each Channel Group has separate leisure-use Call
channels. The Call channel is scanned during Tri-watch. The
Call channels can be selected and used to store your most
often used channels in each Channel Group, for quick recall.
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See page 12
for details on setting the Call channel.
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Hold down [16/C] for 1 second to select the Call channel.
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The Call channel number and “CALL” are displayed.
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To return to the previously selected channel, push [◄] or [►] to
display
CHAN
or
CH/WX
, then push the software key below
CHAN
or
CH/WX
.
