Yaesu FT-60R - Manual (Page 44)

R. G. Sparber KG7MQL February 22, 2015 Page 44 of 52
Scanning: "Priority Channel" Scanning (Dual Watch)
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While primarily monitoring one Channel, you can periodically check another
channel for activity.
VFO Priority
1. See page 26 for how to recall a memory channel.
2. Briefly press V/M and you should go to VFO mode
3. Briefly press
F W and the briefly press V/M
The Dual Watch indicator will then become visible.
About every 4 seconds the radio jumps to the Dual Watch
channel to check for activity.
If you are in VFO mode with Dual Watch active and change to Memory mode,
you deactivate Dual Watch.
You can manually change the VFO but scanning does not work.
Memory Channel Priority
This is the first mention of the fact that Memory Channel 1 is special. Whatever
is in Memory Channel 1 will be used as the Priority Channel. The book says it
checks the Priority Channel every 5 seconds but I see more like 3 or 4 seconds.
I'm sure this varies depending on what else the radio is doing.
HOME Channel Priority
WX Channel Priority[42]
You are free to select any Memory Channel to be the Priority Channel rather than
being confined to Memory Channel 1.
An aside:
I kept forgetting to turn off the radio so just set it up to Auto Power Off
after 0.5 hours. That turned on this clock icon.