West Marine VHF580 manual Scan mode, Normal mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch

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WX Alert : Every 7 seconds,

the radio checks the most

recently-used weather channel.

Press and hold 16/9-TRI(on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 18.)

Monitoring Channel 25

0916 09 16 09 16

Triple Watch: Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16.

Normal mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch

You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/ Dual Watch at the same time. The radio performs both checks at their scheduled time.

Monitoring Channel 25




			09		16						09		16						09		16
			09		16						09		16						09		16
Triple Watch: Every 2 seconds,

																								wx
the radio checks channels 9 & 16.
the radio checks channels 9 & 16.

Scan mode

You can save channels into memory and then use scan mode to monitor those

channels. When the radio detects a signal on a channel, it pauses on that channel as long as the signal is received; when the transmission stops, the radio will continue scanning.

When it detects a signal, the radio stays on the channel until you press the CHANNEL UP button or the signal stops.

Resume scan

08 10 11 12 13 15 17 20

The radio scans about 5 channels in 1 second.

Transmit power

last used

Channel mode

(USA, CANadian, or INTernational)

	In scan mode, you can get the
	following information	All scanned
	from the display (some	All scanned
	from the display (some	channels must
	indicators will not always	be in memory

be displayed).

Normal scan mode or Triple/ Dual-watch on

1 Watt	USA	07
Memory		07

Scanning Channels 01A,05A,06,07A,08

Status

Aicons

Current channel being scanned

Scan list (if the text is too long, the line scrolls)

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