94BASIC OPERATION12345678910111213141516Channel selection■Channel 16DChannel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used forestablishing initial contact with a station and for emergencycommunications. Channel 16 is monitored during both Du-alwatch and Tri-watch. While standing by, you must monitorChannel 16.Push [16/C] to select Channel 16.➥Push [CHAN] to return to the screen displayed before you➥selected Channel 16, or push [Y](CH)/[Z](CH) to selectan operating channel.* [CH/WX] appears only for U.S.A version transceiver.Call channelDEach regular channel group has a separate leisure use Callchannel. The Call channel is monitored during Tri-watch. TheCall channels can be programmed, and are used to storeyour most often used channel in each channel group, forquick recall. (p. 12)Hold down [16/C] for 1 second to select the Call channel of➥the selected channel group. •“CALL”andtheCallchannelnumberappear. •Eachchannelgrouphasanindependentcallchannelafterpro-gramming. (p. 12)Push [CHAN] to return to the screen displayed before you➥selected Call channel, or push [Y](CH)/[Z](CH) to selectan operating channel.* [CH/WX] appears only for U.S.A version transceiver.