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BASIC OPERATION
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■ Channel selection
D Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used for
establishing initial contact with a station and for emergency
communications. Channel 16 is monitored during both Du-
alwatch and Tri-watch. While standing by, you must monitor
Channel 16.
➥ Push [16•9] momentarily to select Channel 16.
➥ Push [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to return to the condition be-
fore selecting Channel 16, or rotate [DIAL] to select an op-
erating channel.
D Channel 9 (Call channel)
Each regular channel group has a separate leisure-use call
channel. The call channel is monitored during Tri-watch. The
call channels can be programmed (p. 9) and are used to
store your most often used channel in each channel group
for quick recall.
➥ Push [16•9] for 1 sec. to select the call channel of the se-
lected channel group.
•“CALL” and call channel number appear.
•Eachchannelgroupmayhaveanindependentcallchannel
after programming a call channel. (p. 9)
➥ Push [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to return to the condition
before selecting call channel, or rotate [DIAL] to select an
operating channel.
25W INT
TAG
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00 CALLING
Push
25W INT CALL
TAG
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00 CALLING
Push
for 1 sec.