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QUANTUM Series GX3500S

25 Watt VHF/FM

ITU Class D DSC Marine Transceiver

Owner's Manual

Oversized alphanumeric LCD, knobs and keys

30 W Loud Hailer with listen back and 4 fog horns, Bells & Whistles

Direct keypad entry of a channel using the keypad

Removable ClearVoice speaker microphone with 16/9 key and channel

selection

Display shows channel names, and repeats GPS information8

Capable of connecting 2 optional enhanced RAM+ second station re-

mote microphones

DSC distress call automatically broadcasts lat/long and vessel ID8

DSC position request function and NMEA data input/output to connect to

GPS Plotter8

Versatile user-programmable Scanning, Priority Scan and Dual Watch

One-button access to Channel 16 and 9

8with GPS attached

Contents

Main QUANTUM Series GX3500S 25 Watt VHF/FM ITU Class D DSC Marine Transceiver Owner's Manual Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3GX3500S 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 2 PACKING LIST 3 OPTIONS 4 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION Antenna Installation: ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION 5 FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION STATION LICENSE RADIO CALL SIGN CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING FCC / INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATION 6 FCC NOTICE 7 GETTING STARTED 7.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO 7.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA 7.3 COAXIAL CABLE 8 INSTALLATION 8.1 LOCATION Figure 1. General Installation 8.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS 8.3 ACCESSORY CABLE GX3500SPage 12 8.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT 8.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS 8.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME 8.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION 8.8 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC 8.9 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION Figure 2. MMB-84 Flush Mount Installation 8.10 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC INSTALLATION Figure 3. Enhanced RAM+ MIC Installation RAM+ or External Speaker Selection SPK 9 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS Page Page Page Page Page 10 BASIC OPERATION 10.1 RECEPTION 10.2 TRANSMISSION 10.3 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) 10.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE 10.5 INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA MODE 10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS 10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert 10.7 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) 10.8 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) 10.9 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS 10.10 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 10.11 DUAL WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) 10.12 SCANNING 10.12.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) 10.13 PA/FOG OPERATION 10.13.1 Operating the PA HAIL mode 10.13.2 Operating the FOG HORN mode 10.14 NAVIGATION INDICATION GX3500SPage 32 10.15 LCD DIMMER RAM 1 GX3500S RAM 1 RAM 2 10.16 INTERCOM OPERATION 10.16.1 Communication 10.16.2 Calling 10.17 VOICE SCRAMBLER Page 11 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING 11.1 GENERAL 11.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) 11.2.1 What is an MMSI? 11.2.2 Programming the MMSI 11.3 DSC DISTRESS CALL 11.3.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Call Page 11.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call 11.4 ALL SHIPS CALL 11.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call 11.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call 11.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL 11.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory Page 11.5.3 Setting up the Individual/Group Call Ringer 11.5.4 Transmitting an Individual Call Page Page 11.6 GROUP CALL 11.6.2 Transmitting a Group Call Page 11.6.3 Receiving a Group Call 11.7 POSITION REQUEST 11.7.2 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel quest Page 11.8 POSITION SEND 11.8.1 Setting up a Position Send Ringer Page Page 11.9 MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCATION (LAT/LON) Setup 12 RADIO SETUP 12.1 LCD CONTRAST 12.2 TIME OFFSET 12.3 TIME LOCATION 12.4 TRUE MAGNETIC CHANGE (NAV display) 12.5 PRIORITY CHANNEL SET 12.6 SCAN TYPE 12.7 SCAN RESUME TIME 12.8 KEY BEEP (ON/OFF) 12.9 WX ALERT 12.10 CHANNEL NAME CHANGE 12.11 NAMING THE RADIO OR RAM+ STATIONS 12.12 FOG ALERT TONE FREQUENCY 13 ENHANCED RAM+ MIC OPERATION 13.1 RAM+ MIC CONTROLS Page Page 13.2 INTERCOM OPERATION 13.2.1 Communication 13.2.2 Calling 13.3 PA/FOG OPERATION 13.3.1 Operating the PA / Hailer 13.3.2 Operating the FOG Horn 13.4 DSC/RADIO SETUP MODE 14 MAINTENANCE 14.1 REPLACEMENT PARTS 14.2 FACTORY SERVICE 14.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART 15. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS GX3500SPage 78 6. Marine vessels equipped with VHF radios are required to monitor Channel 16. Page Page Page Page 16. WARRANTY Page ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION GX3500SPage 86 17 SPECIFICATIONS 17.2 TRANSMITTER 17.3 RECEIVER 18 APPENDIX FOG HORN TIMING CHART The fog horn function sounds a horn repeatedly until the function is turned off. Marine Division of VERTEX STANDARD