Icom IC-R20 instruction manual Priority Watch, Priority watch types, About priority beep function

■Priority watch types

Priority watch checks for signals on the frequency every 5 sec. while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The receiver has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs.

The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume condition. See the left page for details.

NOTE: If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver

automatically selects the tone squelch function when pri- ority watch starts.

DAbout priority beep function

When receiving a signal on the priority frequency, you can be alerted with beeps and a blink “S.” This function can be activated when setting the priority watch function ON.

PRIORITY WATCH 8

MEMORY CHANNEL WATCH

While operating on a VFO fre-	5 sec.
quency, priority watch checks for
a signal on the selected memory	VFO	Memory
channel every 5 sec.
	frequency	channel

•A memory channel with skip infor- mation can be watched.

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MEMORY SCAN WATCH
While operating on a VFO fre-	5 sec.
quency, priority watch checks for			Mch 000
signals on each memory chan-	VFO	SKIP	Mch 001
nel in sequence.			Mch 001
	frequency
• The memory skip function and/or
			Mch 999
memory bank scan is useful to
speed up the scan.

VFO SCAN WATCH

While scanning on VFO mode, priority watch checks for signals on the selected memory chan- nel every 5 sec.

5 sec.

VFO Memory

scan channel

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