1.GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1INTRODUCTION
The HX370S is a submersible, miniature 5-Watt portable two-way VHF ma- rine transceiver. The transceiver has all allocated USA, international, or Canadian channels. It has an emergency channel 16 which can be immedi- ately selected from any channel by pressing the 16/9 key. NOAA weather channels can also be accessed immediately by pressing the WX key.
Besides VHF marine transceiver operation, the HX370S provides LMR (Land Mobile Radio) transceiver operation.
The transceiver includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Program- mable Priority Scanning, NOAA Weather Alert, Battery Saver, easy-to-read large LCD display, EEPROM memory back-up, Battery Life displayed on LCD, and a transmit Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The transmitter provides a maximum of 5 Watts output, and has the selection of 2.5 Watts and 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.
The optional FVP-31 Voice Scrambler can be installed to permit secure voice communications with other STANDARD HORIZON radios with the FVP-31 scramblers installed.
