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Northtstar
Explorer VHF Series: 710US, 710EU
Operation and Installation Manual
Symbol Meaning
TX Transmitting.
HI LO
Transmission power. High (HI) 25 W or Low (LO) 1 W.
WX Weather
channel.
WX ALT
Weather Alert. Alarm beeps will sound. VHF 710US only.
BUSY
Receiver busy with an incoming signal.
PRI
Priority channel is selected.
D
Duplex operation. Otherwise, blank for Simplex operation.
LOCAL
Local calling is selected. Otherwise, blank for distance calling.
DSC
DSC capability is available. VHF 710US and VHF 710EU only.
Indicates an incoming DSC call, or blinks to notify you of any unread Call Log
messages
Low Battery warning (activates at 10.5 V)
88 Channel
selected.
USA INT CAN
Selected channel bank for VHF radio operations and regulations.
X
Channel is temporarily deleted from the ALL SCAN operation.
B A
Channel suffi
x, if applicable.
CH1 CH2 CH3
Shows which of the 3 favourite channels, if any, are selected.
Otherwise blank.
ATIS
Enabled for use in European inland waterways. Otherwise blank.
VHF 710EU only.
A typical operational display is shown here.
The latitude and longitude of the vessel and the local time are shown.
A transmission on Channel 16 is being made at high power using the International channel bank.
Channel 16 is set as the Priority channel. It is also set as favourite channel 1.
There is an incoming DSC call so the receiver is busy.