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8. ACCESSING THE 16/9 PRIORITY CHANNELS
Channel 16 is the universal distress and emergency channel and Channel 9 is a
secondary distress and emergency channel used by the U.S. Coast Guard. Use Channel
16 to establish initial contact with another station for emergency communications. The
FCC requires you to monitor Channel 16 even when you do not actively need to use it,
and whenever you are not using another channel on the radio to transmit or receive.
Dual Watch mode allows you to monitor Channel 16 while standing by. See section
13. Using the Watch Monitor Modes to learn more about these features.
T
o access the 16/9 channels:
1. Press and release the Channel 16/9 Priority key to access Channel 16.
2. To access the alternate Channel 9, which is monitored in some areas, press and
hold the Channel 16/9 Priority key for 3 seconds, then release.
3. To return to your previous channel from Channel 9, press the 16/9 key twice
and release. To return to your previous channel from Channel 16, press and
release the 16/9 key once.
9. ADDING/DELETING CHANNELS TO/FROM MEMORY
Your VHF255S can store any channel. The stored channels are the ones scanned in the
Memory Scan mode.
T
o add channels to memory:
1. During normal operating mode, use the Up or Down Channel keys on the
microphone handset or the CH/ENTER knob on the radio base station to select
the desired channel.
2. Press and hold the BAND/SAVE key for 3 seconds. The icon will appear,
indicating that the current channel has been saved in memory. Any number of
channels can be saved as memory channels by repeating steps 1 and 2.
T
o delete channels from memory:
1. During Normal or Memory mode, use the Up or Down Channel keys on the
microphone handset or the CH/ENTER knob on the radio base station to select
the saved channel you wish to delete.
2. Press and hold the BAND/SAVE key for 3 seconds. The selected channel will be
deleted from memory, and the icon will disappear from the LCD.