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1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 4
2 P .................................................................................................................. 4
3 OPTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4
4 SAFETY /ARNING INFORMA ................................................................................... 5
5 FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMA ................................................................................. 6
6 FCC NOTICE .................................................................................................................... 7
7 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................... 8
7.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................................................... 8
7.2 SELECTING ANTENNA ......................................................................................... 8
7.3 COAXIAL CABLE .......................................................................................................... 9
8 INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 10
8.1 LOCA ................................................................................................................... 10
8.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .................................................................................. 10
8.3 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................................................. 1
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 LOCA ......................................................................... 14
8.8 CHANGING COG TTRUE OR MAGNETIC ........................................................ 14
8.9 OPTIONALMOUNT INSTALLA ........................................... 15
8.10 OPTIONAL
AND/OR VH-310 HANDSET INST ............................................................ 16
9 CONTROLS AND INDICAORS .......................................................................................... 18
10 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................. 24
10.1 RECEPTION ................................................................................................................ 24
10.2 TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................... 24
10.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ....................................................................... 25
10.4 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 25
10.5 USA, CANADA, TIONAL MODE ....................................................... 25
10.6 NOAATHER CHANNELS ................................................................................. 25
10.6.1 NOAAeather ........................................................................................ 25
10.6.2 NOAA Alert esting ........................................................................... 26
10.7 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ......................................................................... 26
10.8 CALLING (CHANNEL9) ............................................ 27
10.9 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ............................................................................... 28
10.10 OPERA 13 67 .......................................................... 28
10.1PRIORITY 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 P OPERA .......................................................................................... 30
10.13.1 Operating the P HAIL Mode ....................................................................... 31
10.13.2 Operating the PHORN Mode ........................................................... 31
10.14 NA INDICA ................................................................................... 31
10.15 LCD DIMMER ......................................................................................................... 32
10.16 INTERCOM OPERA ...................................................................................... 32
10.16.1 Communication ................................................................................................ 33
10.16.2 Calling ............................................................................................................... 33
10.17 VOICE SCRAMBLER ............................................................................................ 34
1 DIGITSELECTIVE CALLING .......................................................................................... 36
1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 36
1 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ..................................................... 37
1an MMSI? ............................................................................................... 37
1the MMSI .................................................................................... 37
1 DSC DISTRESS CALL .............................................................................................. 38
1 ...................................................................... 38
1DSC Distress Call ....................................................................... 40
1 ALL SHIPS CALL ....................................................................................................... 40
1All Ships Call ......................................................................... 41
1 Ships Call ............................................................................. 41
