onds the displayed frequency and channel
number shift to the priority memory briefly
while the receiver checks for a signal.
As long as no signal appears on the priority
memory to open the squelch, you can tune,
transmit and receive on the VFO, or select other
memories (memory labels are displayed only
while changing). If you hear a station you wish
to talk with on the priority memory, press the
PTT
momentarily while receiving their signal, to
stop priority checking. Otherwise, when a signal
appears on the priority memory, priority check-
ing pauses, the
LCD and keypad illuminate, and
the decimal on the display blinks. Priority moni-
toring will resume according to how you set the
scan-resume mode (see page
cancel prior-
ity monitoring manually, press
Note that you can use any memory (besides
memory
1)
as a priority channel in the above
procedure when operating from a
VFO. You can-
not, however, switch VFOs, or between memory
and VFO operation (because pressing
or
cancels priority monitoring).
Locking the Controls
The
PTT,
keypad buttons,
DIAL
and volume
level can each be "locked" (disabled), to prevent
inadvertent transmissions or adjustments. You
will find
or possibly
displayed sin-
gly, or in combination at the bottom left when
any of these are locked.
The locking
lo-
cated just above the
keys, and is labeled
LOCK.
Press once to lock and
again to unlock.
set the locking
scheme, press
and rotate the
DIAL
to select
SEIL.
To select which functions to lock, press
repeatedly for
PTT
lock
volume level
or both; or press
repeatedly for keypad
lock
DIAL
lock
or both.
Finally, press
or the
PTT
momentarily to
save your new setting and return the display
to normal.
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