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HX280S
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The
HX280S
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. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration) Weather channels can also be accessed immediately by press-
ing the [
WX
] key.
The
HX280S
includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Priority Scan-
ning, NOAA Weather Alert, Battery Saver, easy-to-read large LCD display,
EEPROM memory back-up, Battery Life displayed on LCD, and a transmit
Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The
HX280S
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.
