Raymarine RAY 210VHF SECTION 1 , INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of Raymarine's RAY210 marine

radiotelephone.

Your RAY210 VHF-FM marine radiotelephone provides reliable simplex and

duplex (two-frequency) communications between ships and from ships at sea to

public or private shore stations. The RAY210 is programmed for two-way

communication on all the International, US and Canadian channels plus

reception on ten separate weather channels, and the international calling and

safety channels (16/9). Simple installation requires attaching the mounting yoke

and microphone bracket, connection to a 13.6 Vdc power source, and to a proper

VHF antenna.

This manual describes the physical and functional characteristics of the

radiotelephone.

The RAY210 is designed and manufactured to provide ease of installation and

operation with excellent reliability. The important b uilt-in features of the

equipment are listed below;

1) 51 transmitting channels and 93 receiving channels within the assigned

VHF/FM mar i time band. All U.S. and I nternati o nal channe ls are incl u ded.

2) Automatically scans four modes;

• ALL channels

• Any selected channels

• Dual watch p lus weather: chan nel 16/9 and any othe r selected weat her

channel

• Dual Watch: channel 16/9 and any other selected channel.

3) All solid-state circuitry for low current drain and maximum re liability.

4) Exclusive circuit that automatically selects USA channel 16 and 25 watts

output power when radio turned on.

5) High-performance receiver section with optimum selectivity for operation in

"noisy" or "high traffic" areas.

6) Four watts audio output power to speaker provide adequate volume even in a

noisy environment.