Icom IC-R5 Priority Watch, Priority watch types, About priority beep function, Watch starts

■Priority watch types

PRIORITY WATCH 7

Priority watch checks for signals on a frequency every 5 sec. while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The re- ceiver 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.

NOTES:

If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver auto- matically selects the tone squelch function when priority

MEMORY CHANNEL WATCH

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

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

5 sec.

VFO Memory

frequency channel

6

7

watch starts.

MEMORY SCAN WATCH

DAbout priority beep function

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

While operating on a VFO fre- quency, priority watch checks for signals on each memory chan- nel in sequence.

•The memory skip function and/or memory bank scan is useful to speed up the scan.

5 sec.

Mch 000

VFO SKIP Mch 001

frequency Mch 001

Mch 999

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

32