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CONVENTIONAL FEATURES
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Monitor Mode
There may be times when the Busy indication is displayed even
though no one is using the channel. Monitoring should then be performed
using the monitor mode. This mode is enabled and disabled by pressing
the Monitor option switch (see page 35), and is indicated by in the
display as shown in the following illustration. When the monitor mode is
selected, both Call Guard squelch (see page 51) and scanning are disabled
so that any activity on the group is heard.
A conventional system must be selected to enable monitoring. If the
Monitor option switch is pressed with an LTR-Net or LTR system
selected, scanning halts but monitoring is not enabled. If the monitor
option switch is not programmed, the monitor mode is not selectable and
monitoring is performed automatically as follows.
Transmit Disable On Busy
The Transmit Disable On Busy feature automatically disables the
transmitter if the selected group (channel) is busy and it has not been
monitored when the PTT switch is pressed. When the transmitter is
disabled by this feature, the busy tone sounds briefly and “DSBL BSY” is
indicated in the display as follows:
BUSY
Busy
Indicator
Monitor Mode
Selected