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HX600S Page 7
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND
WARNING:
The radio frequencies used in the VHF marine band lie
between 156 and 158 MHz with NOAA Weather sta-
tions available between 161 and 163 MHz. The marine
VHF band provides communications over distances
that are essentially “line of sight” Actual transmission range depends much
more on antenna type, gain and height than on the power output of the trans-
mitter. A portable 5W radio transmission 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 wa-
terway. If this occurs, depending upon the marine VHF channel on which you
are transmitting, you could interfere with a search and rescue case, or contrib-
ute to a collision between passing ships. For VHF Marine channel assign-
ments refer to page 40 section 13.
3.2 ABOUT RECEIVE ONLY CHANNELS and FREQUENCIES
AM/FM Broadcast Bands
The AM/FM bands contained within the HX600S are the same channels you
use every day to listen to music, news and commentary with your car or home
stereo.
The AM broadcast band currently extends from 500 to
1800 kHz. Channels are spaced in even 10 kHz incre-
ments; i.e.: 510, 520, 530, ... , 1800 kHz in the United
States and Canada. Elsewhere, channels are spaced
in 9 kHz increments, i.e.: 504, 513, 522, etc.
The FM broadcast band in the United States extends
from 88 to 108 MHz. Channels are assigned at 100
kHz increments; i.e.: 88.1, 88.2, 88.3, ... , 107.9. The
channels from 88.1 to 91.9 are reserved for noncom-
mercial educational stations. Outside the United States and Canada, the bound-
aries and channel spacing vary. In Japan, the band starts at 76 MHz. In West-
ern Europe, the band generally runs from 88-108 MHz, but channels can be
irregularly spaced, i.e.: 101.25 MHz.