General Information; Introduction - Standard Horizon HX851 Owner's Manual

1 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The HX851 is a Submersible Floating 6-Watt portable two way marine trans-
ceiver with a 12 channel internal GPS. 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 immediately by press and holding the [ CLR ( WX )] key.
The HX851 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 HX851 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.
The HX851 has the capability of Digital selective Calling with Distress call
including GPS position, All Ship Urgency and Safety, Individual, Group and
Position Request and Position Report calls.
In addition, the HX851 has navigation features which include Waypoint enter-
ing (store up to 200 waypoints), Navigation to a waypoint, Navigation to a DSC
Position request, Luminescent Glow in the Dark gasket and a water enabled
SOS strobe light.
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