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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
Introduction
Your West Marine VHF250 represents the latest in marine
radio technology in a conveniently sized and rugged
package. It has features you’ll come to count on for day in
and day out use. The product combines size, value, and fully
featured performance that makes it a good choice for an all
around marine communications radio.
Features
The VHF250 brings the following key features to make
marine radio useful and easy:
Complete Marine VHF channels (USA-1
A
to 88
A
) for
the U.S., Canada, and International waters
— let you
communicate with standard marine radio operators.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Weather channels
— let you listen to the local
weather conditions and be forewarned of dangerous
conditons.
NOAA Weather Alert
— provides a siren tone warning of a
serious impending weather event and emergency weather
warnings, broadcast by NOAA.
Emergency CH 16 (Coast Guard/Distress Hailing) and
CH9 (Calling/Hail Secondary) operation
Family Radio Service Band (FRS) with CTCSS/DSC
(Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System/Digital
Squelch Control) Privacy encoding
— Provides you with
2-way communication using 14 channels
plus Privacy Codes
to help interference from nearby FRS units.
Standard AM Broadcast Band (500-1800 KHz) —
Lets
you listen to news, music, sports, and other programming.
enjoyment anywhere.