West Marine VHF460 Marine Radio User Manual


 
E-1West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual
Calling a single station
(Individual Call) .....................E-20
Calling a particular group of
stations (Group Call) ..............E-21
Calling all stations
(All-Ships Call) .......................E-21
Making an automatic distress call E-21
Canceling an automatic
distress call ...........................E-22
Receiving a DSC call ..................E-22
Receive log ................................E-22
Returning a call from the
Receive Log ..........................E-23
Test Calls ....................................E-23
Making Test Calls (Test) ...........E-23
Receiving Test Call Setup ..........E-24
Position Request and Reply ........E-25
Enabling Automatic
Position Reply ........................E-25
POS Request.............................E-25
Position Reply............................E-25
Position Send ...........................E-26
Putting the radio into standby ....E-26
Disabling automatic
channel switching .....................E-26
GPS Features ............................E-27
GPS Operation Overview ............E-27
MOB
Menu ..................................E-27
Favorite
Menu..............................E-27
NMEA Features .........................E-28
ADDITIONAL FEATURES .........E-29
Renaming Channels ..................E-29
Maintenance and
Troubleshooting .................E-29
Common Questions ....................E-30
Specications ...........................E-30
Channels and
Frequencies (MHz) ......................E-31
US channel frequencies
and names .............................E-31
Canadian channel frequencies
and names .............................E-33
International channel
frequencies and names.........E-34
Weather channel frequencies
and names .............................E-36
Regulations and
Safety Warnings .................E-36
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Your radio provides the following key features:
x Submersible design. Complies with oating JIS8/IPX8 water-resistant standards,
which means the radio can be submerged in 1.5 meters of water for 1 hour without
damage.
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The radio will only meet this rating if fully assembled and all rubber seals and
bungs are well maintained and correctly tted. This means that the speaker
microphone bung is inserted, and the battery pack (or case) and antenna are
attached and securely fastened.