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4 BASIC OPERATION
■Channel selection
DChannel 16
Channel 16 (Distress channel) is used for establishing initial contact with another station and for emergency communica- tions. Channel 16 is automatically monitored during both du- alwatch and
qPush [16•9] to select Channel 16.
wPush [CH/WX•U/I/C/L] to return to the condition before se- lecting Channel 16, or push [Y]/[Z] to select the operating channel.
9
Push
DChannel 9 (Call channel)
Channel 9 is the
qPush [16•9] for 1 sec. to select the call channel in the se- lected channel group.
•“CALL” and the call channel number appear.
•Each channel group may have its own call channel after pro- gramming a call channel. See the “Call channel programming” on p. 12 for details.
wPush [CH/WX•U/I/C/L] to return to the condition before se- lecting Channel 9 (call channel), or push [Y]/[Z] to select the operating channel.
9
Push
for 1 sec.
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