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
Specications ...........................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
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.