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j2theimi

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Anyone else use Dual Watch on their 354? Is the audio supposed to cut every second when you are receiving on a channel that is not the priority channel? This is very frustrating.
 

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Yes, that's the way it works. When you hear the audio cut out on the secondary channel for that split second, the receiver is checking the priority channel for activity. If it finds the Priority channel is active, it switches the receiver to that channel and monitors it. You don't hear it when it stops on the Priority channel as it doesn't check the secondary channel for activity when the Priority channel is active. You can change the checking time interval in the software.
 

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I figured thats what it was doing, I just wish it could check the priority channel without cutting out the audio of the current channel. Oh well, First World Problems...
 
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