Icom IC-R5, Instruction Manual

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PRIORITY WATCH
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Priority watch types
Priority watch checks for signals on a frequency every 5 sec.
while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The re-
ceiver has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs.
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume
condition. See the left page for details.
NOTES:
If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver auto-
matically selects the tone squelch function when priority
watch starts.
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About priority beep function
When receiving a signal on the priority frequency, you can be
alerted with beeps and a blinking “
S
.” This function can be
activated when setting the priority watch function ON.
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
frequency
Memory
channel
5 sec.
VFO
frequency
SKIP
Mch 000
Mch 001
Mch 001
Mch 999
VFO SCAN WATCH
While scanning on VFO mode,
priority watch checks for signals
on the selected memory chan-
nel every 5 sec.
5 sec.
VFO
scan Memory
channel
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