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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
Transmitting
To transmit, follow the steps below.
Press
▲
or
▼
to select a channel. The selected
channel number appears on the display along with
the country label, and the selected power setting.
Press the
PTT
switch.
TRANSMITTING
appears at
the bottom of the screen and remains displayed as
long as you hold down the
PTT
switch.
Notes
:
You cannot transmit on the weather frequencies. They
are designated ‘receive’ only. An error tones sounds when
you press
PTT
and a weather channel is selected. The
displayed weather channel number
fl
ashes, and
RELEASE
PTT KEY
is displayed to remind you that you cannot
transmit on the selected channel.
You cannot transmit on Channel 70, and 15 in the
USA. They are reserved for digital data. If you attempt
to transmit,
RELEASE PTT KEY
appears in the LCD
message line.
Do not hold down
PTT
while turning on the radio. An error
tone sounds and the same message appears.
Pressing
PTT
halts Scanning. For Scanning and the
settings for Dual and TripleWatch, see Page 51. If the
channel has no carrier, the
fi
rst press of
PTT
takes the
radio out of scan mode. Press
PTT
to activate transmitting.
Continuous transmitting is limited to 5 minutes by
regulations. After this time, an error tone sounds and
RELEASE PTT KEY
displays. After you release
PTT
,
pressing
PTT
again restarts the 5-minute time interval.
Operation - Family Radio Service Band
Fourteen FRS channels are available for transmitting and
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