About Vhf Marine Band - Standard Horizon HX500E Owner's Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the HX500E! Whether this is your first
portable marine VHF transceiver, or if you have other STANDARD HORIZON
equipment, the STANDARD HORIZON organization is committed to ensur-
ing your enjoyment of this high performance transceiver, which should pro-
vide 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.
We appreciate your purchase of the HX500E, and encourage you to read
this manual thoroughly, so as to learn and fully understand the capabilities of
the HX500E.
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ABOUT VHF MARINE BAND

The radio frequencies used in the VHF ma-
rine band lie between 156 and 158 MHz with
some shore stations available between 161
and 163 MHz. The marine VHF band provides
communications over distances that are es-
sentially "line of sight" Actual transmission
range depends much more on antenna type,
gain and height than on the power output of
the transmitter. A portable 5W radio transmis-
sion expected distance can be greater than 5
miles "line of sight."
The user of a Marine VHF radio is subject
to severe fines if the radio is used on land.
The reasoning for this is you may be near an
inland waterway, or propagation anomalies
may cause your transmission to be heard in a
waterway. If this occurs, depending upon the
marine VHF channel on which you are trans-
mitting, you could interfere with a search and
rescue case, or contribute to a collision be-
tween passing ships. For VHF Marine chan-
nel assignments refer to page 24 section 11.
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