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Channel selection
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Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used for
establishing initial contact with a station and for emergency
communications.
While standing by, you must monitor Channel 16. Channel
16 is automatically monitored during both Dualwatch and Tri-
watch.
➥
Push [16/C] to select Channel 16.
➥
Push [CHAN] to return to the screen displayed before you
selected Channel 16, or rotate dial or push [
∫
](CH)/[
√
](CH)
to select an operating channel.
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Call channel
Each regular channel group has a separate leisure use Call
channel. The Call channels can be programmed, and are
used to store your most often used channel in each channel
group, for quick recall.
The Call channel is monitored during Tri-watch. (p. 17)
➥
Hold down [16/C] for 1 second to select the Call channel of
the selected channel group.
• The “CALL” icon and the Call channel number appear.
• Each channel group has an independent call channel after pro-
gramming. (p. 12)
➥
Push [CHAN] to return to the screen displayed before you
selected Call channel, or rotate
dial or pu
s
h [
∫
](CH)/[
√
]
(CH) to select an operating channel.
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