1 GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The STANDARD HORIZON
is a VHF/FM transceiver designed for
use in the frequency range of 156.025 to 163.275 MHz. The
can be
operated from 11 to 16 VDC and has a switchable RF output power of 1 watt or
25 watts.
The
is capable of RTCM SC101 DSC (Digital Selective Calling)
operation and up 2 Enhanced second station RAM+ mic (
remote-con-
trol speaker/microphone with display).
The
operates on all currently-allocated marine channels which are
switchable for use with USA, International, or Canadian regulations. It has an
emergency channel 16 which can be immediately selected from any channel
by pressing the red [
] key. NOAA Weather channels can also be accessed
immediately by pressing the [
] key with channel selection.
Other features of the
include: 30W PA/Fog, multi-station intercom,
scanning, priority scanning, submersible speaker mic, high and low voltage
warning, and GPS repeatability.
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