Radio Shack MTX-103 Marine Radio User Manual


 
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FEATURES
© 1995 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
Your Radio Shack MTX-103 VHF Ma-
rine Transceiver lets you transmit and
receive on all United States and inter-
national channels in the VHF marine
band, as assigned by the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). It
also provides ten receive-only chan-
nels for weather information.
Your transceiver has the following fea-
tures:
USA/International Channel Switch
— lets you quickly switch from the USA
channel mode to the International
channel mode.
Emer
g
enc
y
Channel 16 Switch
lets you immediately switch to Channel
16, the universal marine emergency
channel.
Weather Channel Switch
— lets you
select from 10 weather channels.
PLL (Phase-Locked Loop)-Con-
trolled Circuitr
y
— provides accurate
and stable channel selection.
Ad
j
ustable Squelch
— helps elimi-
nate noise between transmissions.
Hi
g
h/Low Power Button
— lets you
save power by selecting a suitable
transmitting power for long or short dis-
tances.
Batter
y
Low Indicator
— shows the
battery pack’s condition.
Transmit and Receive Indicators
light when you transmit or receive.
Removable, Rechar
g
eable Batter
y
Pack
— lets you use one battery pack
while you charge another (additional
packs available).
Supplied Batter
y
Char
g
er
— conve-
niently recharges your transceiver’s
battery pack.
Speaker and Microphone Jacks
let you use an earphone or external
speaker or microphone to help ensure
understandable communication in
noisy areas.
For your records, we recommend you
record your transceiver’s serial num-
ber in the space provided. The serial
number is on the back of the transceiv-
er.
Serial Number __________________
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