General Description; Introduction; Equipment Features - Raymarine Ray 106 User Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of Raytheon's RAY106 handheld marine radiotelephone.
The RAY106 is a CPU-controlled, digitally synthesized, compact handheld transceiver, that
provides reliable simplex and duplex (two-frequency) communications between ships at sea
and from ships at sea to public or private shore stations. The RAY106 provides two-way
communications on all U.S., International, and Canadian channel Marine band frequencies,
plus reception on 10 separate weather channels.
This manual describes the physical and functional characteristics of the radiotelephone.
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EQUIPMENT FEATURES

The RAY106 is designed and manufactured to provide ease of operation with excellent
reliability. Some important built-in features of this radio are listed below:
Totally submersible industrial design.
All solid-state circuitry for low current drain (longer battery life) and maximum reliability.
High-performance receiver section with optimum selectivity.
Access to all available U.S., International, and Canadian VHF Marine band channels.
Exclusive circuit that automatically selects 16 PLUS (priority) channel when the radio
is turned on.
Exclusive weather alert feature (when in Monitor Mode).
Memory channels can be programmed for Memory Scan and Memory Seek operations.
Selected channel number is always shown on the digital LCD display.
Aluminum die cast housing to prevent interference of offending RF.
"Quick" 16 PLUS, for instant selection of the emergency calling channel CH16, or an
alternate priority channel.
Easy direct mode access to 10 weather channels WX 0 through WX 9.
SECTION 1

GENERAL DESCRIPTION