Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon Quest-X GX1500S Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 4
2 PACKING LIST ....................................................................................................................... 4
3 OPTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4
4 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION ................................................................................... 5
5 FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ................................................................................. 6
6 FCC NOTICE .......................................................................................................................... 7
7 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................... 8
7.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................................................... 8
7.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ......................................................................................... 8
7.3 COAXIAL CABLE .......................................................................................................... 9
8 INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 10
8.1 LOCATION ................................................................................................................... 10
8.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .................................................................................. 10
8.3 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................................................. 11
8.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT ................................................... 12
8.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ........................................................................... 12
8.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .................................................................................... 13
8.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ......................................................................... 14
8.8 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ........................................................ 14
8.9 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION ........................................... 15
8.10 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC
AND/OR VH-310 HANDSET INSTALLATION ............................................................ 16
9 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .......................................................................................... 18
10 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................. 24
10.1 RECEPTION ................................................................................................................ 24
10.2 TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................... 24
10.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ....................................................................... 24
10.4 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 25
10.5 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE ....................................................... 25
10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ................................................................................. 25
10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................................................ 25
10.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing ........................................................................... 26
10.7 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ......................................................................... 26
10.8 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ............................................ 27
10.9 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ............................................................................... 27
10.10 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .......................................................... 28
10.11DUAL WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) ................................................................ 28
10.12 SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 29
10.12.1 Selecting the Scan Mode .................................................................................. 29
10.12.2 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ........................................................................... 29
10.12.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................................................. 30
10.13 NAVIGATION INDICATION ................................................................................... 30
10.14 INTERCOM OPERATION ...................................................................................... 31
10.14.1 Communication ................................................................................................ 31
10.14.2 Calling ............................................................................................................... 31
11 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING .......................................................................................... 32
11.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 32
11.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ..................................................... 33
11.2.1 What is an MMSI? ............................................................................................... 33
11.2.2 Programming the MMSI .................................................................................... 33
11.3 DSC DISTRESS CALL .............................................................................................. 34
11.3.1 Tansmitting a DSC Distress Call ...................................................................... 34
11.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call ....................................................................... 36
11.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ....................................................................................................... 36
11.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call ......................................................................... 37
11.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ............................................................................. 37
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