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BASIC OPERATION
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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. Channel 16 is monitored during both
Dualwatch and Tri-watch. While standing by, you must
monitor Channel 16.
➥
Push
[16•9]
momentarily to select Channel 16.
➥
Push
[CH/WX]
to return to the screen before selecting
Channel 16, or rotate
[SELECTOR]
to select a channel.
• Pushing the keypad keys, or
[
Y
]
/
[
Z
]
on the microphone, also
selects a channel.
Push
9
16
✔
Convenient!
When the Favorite channel function is turned ON (p. 49),
pushing the
[
Y
]
/
[
Z
]
keys on the microphone sequentially
selects the favorite channels in the selected channel group.
• The favorite channels are set by the TAG channel setting. (p. 15)
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Channel 9 (Call channel)
Each regular channel group has a separate leisure-use Call
channel. The Call channel is monitored during Tri-watch. The
Call channels can be programmed, and are used to store
your most often used channel in each channel group for
quick recall. (p. 10)
➥
Hold down
[16•9]
for 1 second to select the Call channel
of the selected channel group.
• “
CALL
” and Call channel number are displayed.
• Each channel group may have an independent Call channel
after programming a Call channel. (p. 10)
➥
Push
[CH/WX]
to return to the screen before you selected
Call channel, or rotate
[SELECTOR]
to select a channel.
• Pushing keys on the keypad, or
[
Y
]
/
[
Z
]
on the microphone,
also selects a channel.
Hold down
for 1 second
9
16