CONVENTIONAL FEATURES
Busy
Indicator
BUSY
Monitor Mode
There may be times when the Busy indication is displayed even though no one is using the channel. Monitoring should then be performed using the monitor mode. This mode is enabled and disabled by pressing the Monitor option switch (see page 35), and is indicated by in the display as shown in the following illustration. When the monitor mode is selected, both Call Guard squelch (see page 51) and scanning are disabled so that any activity on the group is heard.
Monitor Mode
Selected
A conventional system must be selected to enable monitoring. If the Monitor option switch is pressed with an
Transmit Disable On Busy
The Transmit Disable On Busy feature automatically disables the transmitter if the selected group (channel) is busy and it has not been monitored when the PTT switch is pressed. When the transmitter is disabled by this feature, the busy tone sounds briefly and “DSBL BSY” is indicated in the display as follows:
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