West Marine VHF85, Owner'S Manual

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West Marine VHF85 Radio Owner’s Manual
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weather channel every seven seconds. if it detects a
weather or other hazard alert, it will switch to that
weather channel. If you are actively transmitting, the
radio waits until you finish your transmission before
checking the weather channel.)
Normal mode with triple Watch or Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in normal
mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two
seconds; with Dual watch turned on, the radio only
checks channel 16. (If you are actively transmitting, the
radio waits until you finish your transmission before
checking the channels.)
Normal Mode with Weather alert and triple/Dual Watch
(Quad Watch)
You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple
Watch at the same time to monitor four channels at
once (Quad Watch). The radio performs the Triple
WX
Every 7 seconds, the radio
checks the last used weather
channel.
Weather Alert Watch
Current Marine Channel
09 16
Every 2 seconds, the radio
checks channels 9 and 16.
09 16 09 16
Triple Watch
Current Marine Channel