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peratIon
The Dual Watch feature automatically checks for activ-
ity on a “priority” channel
while you are operating on
another channel. During Dual Watch operation, the cur-
rent channel and the Priority channel will each be polled
for a 500 ms interval, as the
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looks for activity
on each channel.
To start Dual Watch,
press the [
F
] key mo-
mentarily, then press
the [
SCAN
(
DW
)].
The “
” icon will
appear on the display.
While receiving on the
“current” channel (not the
Priority channel), you may
push the
PTT
switch at any
time to transmit on that chan-
nel.
When a signal is received on the Priority channel,
operation immediately shifts to the Priority channel,
the “
” icon will blink, and the display will be-
come illuminated.
While receiving on the priority channel, if you mo-
mentarily press the
PTT
switch, Dual Watch will
be disabled. You may then transmit on the Priority
Channel.
To stop Dual Watch, press [
F
]
[
SCAN
(
DW
)].
If you wish, you may use both the Dual Watch and
Scan features simultaneously. To do this, start the
Dual Watch first, then start the Scanner.
: The “priority” Channel is defined as the
last-used
Memory Channel
(when using the VFO mode) or
Mem-
ory Channel 1
(when using the Main Memory or Book
Memory modes).
