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FOR SCANNING PURPOSES, SELECT THE TUNING STEP TO MATCH
THE REPEATER CHANNEL SCHEME FOR YOUR AREA, WHICH IS USUALLY 15 KHZ.  PUSH
THE SET LOCK BUTTON TO ENTER THE SET MODE, AND PUSH IT AGAIN REPEATEDLY
UNTIL TS IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.  TURN THE DIAL KNOB TO SELECT THE
DESIRED TUNING STEP FOR SCANNING PURPOSES IT SHOULD MATCH THE REPEATER
OUTPUTS BAND PLAN FOR THE AREA OF OPERATION.  TO RESET THE SET MODE ITEMS
TO THEIR FACTORY DEFAULT VALUES, A PARTIAL RESET CAN BE PERFORMED THAT ALSO
RETAINS THE MEMORY CHANNEL CONTENTS THAT WERE SET BY THE OPERATOR.  THE
CALL CHANNEL IS SET TO THE USERS PREFERENCE FOR EXAMPLE, THE LOCAL, MOST
FREQUENTLY USED REPEATER, OR THE MOST USED SIMPLEX FREQUENCY PER LOCAL
CUSTOM.  ONCE PROGRAMMED, SIMPLY PUSH THE M/CALL PRIO BUTTON TO CYCLE
THROUGH THE PROGRAMMED MEMORY CHANNEL, AND THE PROGRAMMED LOUDEST WX
CHANNEL IN THE 162 MHZ RANGE, TO GET TO THE CALL CHANNEL.  WHILE OPERATING
ON A VFO FREQUENCY, THE PRIORITY WATCH SEARCHES FOR SIGNALS ON A SELECTED
FREQUENCY EVERY 5 SECONDS.  FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN OPERATOR IS MONITORING A
MAJOR LOCAL REPEATER FOR A POSSIBLE ARES ACTIVATION, ENABLING THE PRIORITY
WATCH FUNCTION WILL CAUSE THE RADIO TO MOMENTARILY CHECK FOR ANY SIGNALS ON
A FREQUENCY OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE, PROGRAMMED OR SELECTED BY THE 
OPERATOR.  TO ENABLE A MONITOR FUNCTION TO LISTEN TO WEAK SIGNALS OR TO
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