Uniden MHS550 manual Introduction, Features

Introduction

Your Uniden MHS550 represents the latest in marine radio technology in a conveniently sized and rugged package. It has features you’ll come to count on for day in and day out use. The product combines size, value, and fully featured performance that makes it a good choice for an all around marine communications radio.

Features

The MHS550 brings the following key features to make marine radio useful and easy:

Complete Marine VHF channels (USA-1Ato 88A) for the U.S., Canada, and International waters — let you communicate with standard marine radio operators.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather channels — let you listen to the local weather conditions and be forewarned of dangerous conditons.

NOAA Weather Alert — provides a siren tone warning of a serious impending weather event and emergency weather warnings, broadcast by NOAA.

Emergency CH 16 (Coast Guard/Distress Hailing) and CH9 (Calling/Hail Secondary) operation

Family Radio Service Band (FRS) with CTCSS/DSC (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System/Digital Squelch Control) Privacy encoding — Provides you with

2-way communication using 14 channels plus Privacy Codes to help interference from nearby FRS units.

Standard AM Broadcast Band (500-1800 KHz) —Lets you listen to news, music, sports, and other programming. enjoyment anywhere.

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