Standard Horizon QUANTUM Series GX3500S, Owner'S Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 4
2 PACKING LIST ....................................................................................................................... 4
3 OPTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4
4 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION ................................................................................... 5
5 FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ................................................................................. 6
6 FCC NOTICE .......................................................................................................................... 7
7 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................... 8
7.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................................................... 8
7.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ......................................................................................... 8
7.3 COAXIAL CABLE .......................................................................................................... 9
8 INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 10
8.1 LOCATION ................................................................................................................... 10
8.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .................................................................................. 10
8.3 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................................................. 11
8.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT ................................................... 12
8.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ........................................................................... 12
8.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .................................................................................... 13
8.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ......................................................................... 14
8.8 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ........................................................ 14
8.9 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION ........................................... 15
8.10 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC
AND/OR VH-310 HANDSET INSTALLATION ............................................................ 16
9 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .......................................................................................... 18
10 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................. 24
10.1 RECEPTION ................................................................................................................ 24
10.2 TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................... 24
10.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ....................................................................... 25
10.4 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 25
10.5 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE ....................................................... 25
10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ................................................................................. 25
10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................................................ 25
10.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing ........................................................................... 26
10.7 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ......................................................................... 26
10.8 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ............................................ 27
10.9 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ............................................................................... 28
10.10 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .......................................................... 28
10.11DUAL WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) ................................................................ 28
10.12 SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 29
10.12.1 Selecting the Scan Mode .................................................................................. 29
10.12.2 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ........................................................................... 29
10.12.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................................................. 30
10.13 PA / FOG OPERATION .......................................................................................... 30
10.13.1 Operating the PA HAIL Mode ....................................................................... 31
10.13.2 Operating the PA FOG HORN Mode ........................................................... 31
10.14 NAVIGATION INDICATION ................................................................................... 31
10.15 LCD DIMMER ......................................................................................................... 32
10.16 INTERCOM OPERATION ...................................................................................... 32
10.16.1 Communication ................................................................................................ 33
10.16.2 Calling ............................................................................................................... 33
10.17 VOICE SCRAMBLER ............................................................................................ 34
11 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING .......................................................................................... 36
11.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 36
11.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ..................................................... 37
11.2.1 What is an MMSI? ............................................................................................... 37
11.2.2 Programming the MMSI .................................................................................... 37
11.3 DSC DISTRESS CALL .............................................................................................. 38
11.3.1 Tansmitting a DSC Distress Call ...................................................................... 38
11.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call ....................................................................... 40
11.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ....................................................................................................... 40
11.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call ......................................................................... 41
11.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ............................................................................. 41