National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather channel watch - Sounds a warning tone when a hazard alert is issued for your area.
Transmitter Power Level Select - Lets you boost the transmitter power from 1 watt to 25 watts for added transmission distance.
Battery level display and tone - Sounds an alert tone if the battery voltage goes too high or too low.
Triple Watch Operation - Checks the Coast Guard Distress/Hailing channels 16 and 9 in the background.
Memory scan mode - Lets you save channels to memory and monitor them in quick succession.

Introduction

Features

xx Waterproof Design - Complies with JIS4 water-resistant standards, which means the radio is resistant to damage from rain or splashing water.

xx Large, dot matrix display

xx Advanced DSC Class D functions, including Test Calling xx

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xx All marine VHF channels for the U.S., Canada, and international waters xx

Manual overview

Conventions

This manual uses several different type styles to help you distinguish between different parts of the radio:

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BOLD SMALL CAPITALS indicates an actual button or knob on the radio or microphone.

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Upper and Lower Case bold indicates a connector or label on the radio.

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Italics indicate text on the display, such as menu options, prompts, and confirmation

 

messages.

 

 

Term

Meaning

DSC

Digital Selective Calling. A VHF radio standard for communicating among

boats and sending automated distress calls.

 

 

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard. A set of location codes roughly

equivalent to your county codes.

 

 

WX

Weather Radio

GPS

Global Positioning System

 

 

National Marine Electronics Association. The organization that governs

NMEA

standards for electronic equipment used on boats. NMEA 0183 is the

 

 

standard for serial data communication used by GPS.

 

 

Maritime Mobile Service Identity number. A unique, nine-digit number that

MMSI

identifies you and your boat when making DSC calls. It is also used by the

 

 

Coast Guard if you send an automated distress call.

Station

Any DSC radio, whether it’s operated on a boat, at a marina, or by a shore

station.

 

 

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