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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SAFETY/WARNING INFORMATION ................................................................ 4
FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ............................................................ 5
FCC NOTICE ..................................................................................................... 6
GETTING STARTED ......................................................................................... 7
ABOUT VHF RADIO ................................................................................................ 7
SELECTING AN ANTENNA ..................................................................................... 7
COAXIAL CABLE ...................................................................................................... 8
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ......................................................................... 9
1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 9
1.2 FCC / INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATION ................................................... 9
2 PACKING LIST .......................................................................................... 10
3 OPTIONS ................................................................................................... 10
4 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................... 11
4.1 LOCATION ........................................................................................................ 11
4.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ....................................................................... 11
4.3 ACCESSORY CABLE ..................................................................................... 12
4.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT ........................................ 13
4.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ................................................................. 14
4.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME ......................................................................... 14
4.7 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ............................................. 15
4.8 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION ................................. 16
4.9 OPTIONAL CMP25 RAM+ MIC INSTALLATION .......................................... 17
5 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ............................................................... 18
5.1 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS ................................................................ 18
6 BASIC OPERATION .................................................................................. 23
6.1 RECEPTION ..................................................................................................... 23
6.2 TRANSMISSION ............................................................................................... 23
6.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ............................................................ 23
6.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .............................................................. 24
6.5 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE ............................................. 24
6.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS....................................................................... 24
6.7 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ............................................................................... 25
6.8 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ............................................................. 25
6.9 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ................................................................. 26
6.10 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) .................................. 26
6.11 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ..................................................................... 27
6.12 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ................................................ 27
6.13 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................. 28
6.14 DUAL WATCH (TO CH16) .............................................................................. 28
6.15 MEMORY SCANNING (M-SCAN) ................................................................. 28
6.16 PRIORITY SCANNING (P-SCAN) ................................................................. 29
6.17 NAVIGATION INDICATION ............................................................................ 29
6.18 VOICE SCRAMBLER .................................................................................... 30
6.19 RESETTING THE TRANSCEIVER’S MICROPROCESSOR ...................... 30
7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ............................................................... 31
7.1 GENERAL ......................................................................................................... 31
7.2 DSC SCAN ...................................................................................................... 31
7.3 USCG DSC WATCH ....................................................................................... 32
7.3.1 Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) .................................................... 32
7.3.2 Programming the MMSI ............................................................................... 32