Icom COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER IC-R3 - Manual (Page 29)

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PRIORITY WATCH
■ Priority watch types
Priority watch checks for signals on a frequency every 5 sec.
while operating on a VFO frequency or scanning. The receiver
has 3 priority watch types to suit your needs.
In addition, you can be alerted with beeps and a flashing “ ë .”
The watch resumes according to the selected scan resume
condition. See p. 22 for details.
If the pocket beep function is activated, the receiver auto-
matically selects the tone squelch function when priority
watch starts.
MEMORY CHANNEL
WATCH (p. 26) While operating on a VFO
frequency, priority watch
checks for a signal on the
selected memory channel
every 5 sec.
• A memory channel with skip in-
formation can be watched.
MEMORY SCAN WATCH
(p. 26) While operating on a VFO
frequency, priority watch
checks for signals on each
memory channel in se-
quence.
• The memory skip function
and/or memory bank scan is
useful to speed up the scan.
VFO SCAN WATCH (p. 27) While scanning in VFO
mode, priority watch checks
for signals on the selected
memory channel every 5
sec.
Memory
channel
VFO
frequency
5 sec.
125 msec.
VFO
frequency
Mch 01
Mch 00
Mch 02
Mch 49
5 sec.
125 msec.
SKIP
VFO
scanning
Memory
channel
5 sec.
125 msec.