General Information; Introduction - Standard Horizon HX850S Owner's Manual

1 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The HX850S is a SUBMERSIBLE FLOATING 6-Watt portable two way marine
transceiver. 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 [ 16/9 ] key. NOAA (National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration) Weather channels can also be accessed imme-
diately by pressing the [ WX ] key.
The HX850S includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Priority Scan-
ning, NOAA Weather Alert, Battery Saver, easy-to-read large LCD display,
EEPROM memory back-up, Battery Life displayed on LCD, and a transmit
Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The HX850S transmitter provides a full 6 Watt of transmit power and is select-
able to 5, 2.5, and 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.
In addition, the HX850S has the capability of Digital selective Calling with Dis-
tress call including GPS position, All Ship Urgency and Safety, Individual, Group
and Position Request and Position Report calls.
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