General Information; Introduction - Standard Horizon HX300 Owner's Manual

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of the HX300! Whether this is your
first portable marine VHF transceiver, or if you have other STANDARD
HORIZON equipment, the STANDARD HORIZON organization is commit-
ted to ensuring your enjoyment of this high performance transceiver, which
should provide you with many years of satisfying communications even in the
harshest of environments. STANDARD HORIZON technical support person-
nel stands behind every product sold, and we invite you to contact us should
you require technical advice or assistance by calling (800)767-2450 Monday
through Friday 8AM to 5PM Pacific time.
The HX300 is a Submersible Floating 5-Watt portable two way marine trans-
ceiver. 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 key. NOAA (National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration) Weather channels can also be accessed immedi-
ately by press and holding the key.
The HX300 includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Priority Scan-
ning, Dual and Tri-watch, NOAA Weather Alert, easy-to-read large LCD dis-
play, Battery Life displayed on LCD, the Water Enabled Light which blinks
automatically when the radio comes in contact with water even if the radio is
turned off, and a transmit Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The HX300 transmitter provides a full 5 Watt of transmit power and also is
selectable to 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.
We appreciate your purchase of the HX300, and encourage you to read this
manual thoroughly, so as to learn and fully understand the capabilities of the
HX300.
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