Icom IC-R1500 Instruction Manual

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307PRIORITY WATCH67■ Priority watch typesPriority watch checks for signals on the frequency every5 sec. while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. Thereceiver has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs.The watch resumes according to the selected scan resumecondition. See ((p. 29)) for details.NOTE: If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiverautomatically selects the tone squelch function when pri-ority watch starts.■ Priority watch operationq Select VFO mode; then, set an operating frequency.w Set the watching channel(s).For memory channel watch:Select the desired memory channel.For memory scan watch:Select memory mode, or the desired bank group; then,push and hold [V/MHz•SCAN] for 1 sec. to start memoryscan.e Push and hold [ATT•PRIO] for 1 sec. to start the watch.• The receiver checks the memory/bank channel(s) every 5 sec.• The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume con-dition. ((p. 29))• While the watch is pausing, pushing and holding [ATT•PRIO] for1 sec. resumes the watch manually.r Push and hold [ATT•PRIO] for 1 sec. to stop the watch.[ATT•PRIO] “PRIO” appearsMEMORY CHANNEL WATCHWhile operating on a VFO fre-quency, priority watch checks fora signal on the selected memorychannel every 5 sec.• A memory channel with skip infor-mation can be watched.5 sec.VFOfrequencyMemorychannelMEMORY SCAN WATCHWhile operating on a VFO fre-quency, priority watch checks forsignals on each memory chan-nel in sequence.• The memory skip function and/ormemory bank scan is useful tospeed up the scan.5 sec.VFOfrequencySKIPMch 000Mch 001Mch 001Mch 999