GX1250SA
Owner’s Manual
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GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the ! Whether this is your
first marine VHF transceiver, or if you have other STANDARD HORIZON
equipment, The STANDARD HORIZON organization is committed to
ensuring your enjoyment of this high-performance transceiver, which
should provide you with many years of satisfying communications even in
the harshest of environments. STANDARD HORIZON technical support
personnel stand behind every product we sell, and we invite you to contact
us should you require technical advice or assistance.
We appreciate your purchase of the , and encourage you to
read this manual thoroughly, so as to learn and understand the capabilities
of the fully.
The STANDARD HORIZON (a division of VERTEX STANDARD)
is a VHF/FM transceiver designed for use in the frequency
range of 156.025 to 163.275 MHz. The
requires 13.8V
±
20 %
for operation and has a switchable RF output power of 1 watt or 25 watts.
The transceiver operates on all currently-allocated marine channels which
are switchable for use with either USA, International, or Canadian
regulations. It has an emergency channel 16 which can be immediately
selected from any channel by pressing the red 16/9 key. NOAA Weather
channels can also be accessed immediately by pressing the WX key with
channel selection.
Other features of the transceiver include: scanning, priority scanning,
NOAA Weather Alert and submersible microphne.
