387PRIORITY WATCH67■ Priority watch typesPriority watch checks for signals on a frequency every 5 sec-onds, while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. Thereceiver has four priority watch types to suit your needs.The watch resumes according to the selected scan resumesetting. See page 37 for details.NOTE:If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver auto-matically selects the tone squelch or DTCS squelch func-tion, when priority watch starts.D About the priority beep functionWhen receiving a signal on the priority frequency, you canbe alerted with beeps and a blinking “S.” This function isactivated when setting the priority watch function ON.MEMORY CHANNEL WATCHWhile operating on a VFO fre-quency, priority watch checks fora signal on the selected memorychannel every 5 seconds.• A memory channel with skip infor-mation can be watched.MEMORY SCAN WATCHWhile operating on a VFO fre-quency, priority watch sequen-tially checks for signals oneach memory channel.• The memory skip function and/ormemory bank scan is useful tospeed up the scan.5 secondsVFOfrequencyMemorychannel5 secondsVFOfrequencySKIPMch 000Mch 001Mch 002Mch 1299VFO SCAN WATCHWhile scanning in the VFOmode, priority watch checks forsignals on the selected memo-ry channel every 5 seconds.5 secondsVFOscanMemorychannelVFO/MEMORY SCAN WATCHWhile scanning in the VFOmode, priority watch sequen-talliy checks for signals oneach memory channel every 5seconds.• The memory skip function and/ormemory bank scan is useful tospeed up the scan.5 secondsVFOscanSKIPMch 000Mch 001Mch 002Mch 1299