HX280E
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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The
HX280E
is a Submersible 5-Watt portable two way marine transceiver.
The transceiver has all allocated USA, International, or Canadian channels. It
has emergency channel 16 which can be immediately selected from any chan-
nel by pressing the [
16/9
] key.
The
HX280E
includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Priority Scan-
ning, easy-to-read large LCD display, EEPROM memory back-up, Battery Life
displayed on LCD, and a transmit Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The
HX280E
transmitter provides a full 5 Watt of transmit power and also is
selectable to 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.
2. ABOUT THIS RADIO
2.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND
WARNING
The radio frequencies used in the VHF marine band lie between 156
and 158 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 transmitter. On a fixed mount 25 W radio transmission
expected distances can be greater than 15 miles, for a portable 5 W
radio transmission the expected distance can be greater than 5 miles in
“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 water-
way, or propagation anomalies may cause your transmission to be heard
in a waterway. If this occurs, depending upon the marine VHF channel
on which you are transmitting, you could interfere with a search and
rescue case, or contribute to a collision between passing ships. For
VHF Marine channel assignments refer to page 32 section 10.
