General Information; Introduction - Standard Horizon HX300 Owner's Manual

FCC ID: K6630493X20 / IC: 511B-303493X20

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of the HX300! Whether this is your first
portable marine VHF transceiver, or if you have other STANDARD HORIZON
equipment, the STANDARD HORIZON organization is committed to ensuring
your enjoyment of this high performance transceiver, which should provide
you with many years of satisfying communications even in the harshest of
environments. STANDARD HORIZON technical support personnel stands
behind every product sold, and we invite you to contact us should you re-
quire technical advice or assistance.
The HX300 is a Submersible Floating 5-Watt portable two way marine trans-
ceiver. The transceiver has all allocated USA, International, or Canadian
channels. It has emergency channel 16 which can be immediately selected
from any channel by pressing the key. NOAA (National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration) Weather channels can also be accessed immedi-
ately by press and holding the key.
The HX300 includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Priority Scan-
ning, NOAA Weather Alert, easy-to-read large LCD display, EEPROM mem-
ory back-up, Battery Life displayed on LCD, the Water Hazard Lamp which
blinks automatically when fell in water, and a transmit Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The HX300 transmitter provides a full 5 Watt of transmit power and also is
selectable to 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.
We appreciate your purchase of the HX300, and encourage you to read this
manual thoroughly, so as to learn and fully understand the capabilities of the
HX300.
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