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[brasda91]

This green "phone" looking icon, right next to Ch-033, only comes on and blinks after I transmit. Is this normal for this radio? Do I have a setting turned on that is better served turned off?

I just had a thought. Is this icon telling me Ch 33 is set as my priority channel?

 

Thanks

[WRCR724]

27 minutes ago, brasda91 said:

This green "phone" looking icon, right next to Ch-033, only comes on and blinks after I transmit. Is this normal for this radio? Do I have a setting turned on that is better served turned off?

I just had a thought. Is this icon telling me Ch 33 is set as my priority channel?

 

Thanks

I don't see anything listed in the manual and haven't been able to find the same thing doing a Google image search. Can it be programmed with chirp? Has it been programmed with chirp? If so, maybe there's something in there that affects it. Does it only show on channel 33? Maybe trying programming a priority channel and see if it changes to that new priority channel.

[brasda91]

26 minutes ago, WRCR724 said:

I don't see anything listed in the manual and haven't been able to find the same thing doing a Google image search. Can it be programmed with chirp? Has it been programmed with chirp? If so, maybe there's something in there that affects it. Does it only show on channel 33? Maybe trying programming a priority channel and see if it changes to that new priority channel.

Yeah I couldn't find it in the manual either.

No, it cannot be programed with Chirp. The Wouxun radios have their own independent radio-specific software. We may be on to something with the Priority settings. Well scratch that. You cannot turn Priority channel off, it has to be set.

Here are the configuration settings.

[radiozip]

Isn't that icon for the last active area? So either the last area you transmitted, or received something. Helpful if you hear something and just miss what frequency it was on (A or B area). Not sure if it can be turned off, probably not.

[WRCR724]

1 minute ago, radiozip said:

Isn't that icon for the last active area? So either the last area you transmitted, or received something. Helpful if you hear something and just miss what frequency it was on (A or B area). Not sure if it can be turned off, probably not.

I thought that at first too. But from what I saw in the manual, the MAIN on the display shows you what area is currently active. 

 

@brasda91 I would maybe send the picture to the retailer that you purchased the radio from in the meantime. Who knows, you may actually receive a reply. 

[brasda91]

1 minute ago, radiozip said:

Isn't that icon for the last active area? So either the last area you transmitted, or received something. Helpful if you hear something and just miss what frequency it was on (A or B area). Not sure if it can be turned off, probably not.

Ok, that would be neat. I will set another channel as Priority and see if it still blinks.

[brasda91]

Just now, WRCR724 said:

@brasda91 I would maybe send the picture to the retailer that you purchased the radio from in the meantime. Who knows, you may actually receive a reply. 

I just had the same thought

[radiozip]

2 minutes ago, WRCR724 said:

I thought that at first too. But from what I saw in the manual, the MAIN on the display shows you what area is currently active.

I thought main indicated the area you're currently using, so it can toggle between A and B? Whereas the green phone shows what area was just active, either last received a signal or you transmitted.

[brasda91]

28 minutes ago, radiozip said:

I thought main indicated the area you're currently using, so it can toggle between A and B? Whereas the green phone shows what area was just active, either last received a signal or you transmitted.

Yes "main" notifies you of which area you're currently using. And after some testing I believe you and @radiozipare correct as to it showing the last area that was active. This is some relief. This radio is more advanced than my 905G. When I programed it at work the other day, I wasn't able to hit the usual repeater and I was sure I had a setting wrong. Well once I switched to my Nagy 771 antenna and got outside, all was well. To say the advancement of this radio over the 905G has had me in anxiety, and I don't get anxious for anything, is saying something.

[WRHS218]

3 hours ago, brasda91 said:

Yes "main" notifies you of which area you're currently using. And after some testing I believe you and @radiozipare correct as to it showing the last area that was active. This is some relief. This radio is more advanced than my 905G. When I programed it at work the other day, I wasn't able to hit the usual repeater and I was sure I had a setting wrong. Well once I switched to my Nagy 771 antenna and got outside, all was well. To say the advancement of this radio over the 905G has had me in anxiety, and I don't get anxious for anything, is saying something.

That is the way both of my 935G and Plus work. The phone looking thing lets you know which area was the last to receive a signal. I find it pretty handy once I figured it out.

[WRUU653]

13 minutes ago, WRHS218 said:

That is the way both of my 935G and Plus work. The phone looking thing lets you know which area was the last to receive a signal. I find it pretty handy once I figured it out.

Yep, last active notification. It's now a must have. I usually monitor two frequencies and if you are not looking at the screen (and you wont be) when a call comes you won't know which one it was without it. I had it not working on one radio and I found I just wouldn't use that radio.