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HX460S

HX470S

Submersible Dual Band Marine Portable

Owner's Manual

Summary of Contents for HX470S

Page 1: ...HX460S HX470S Submersible Dual Band Marine Portable Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...S 28 7 2 MEMORY SCAN 28 7 3 PRIORITY SCAN 29 7 4 DUAL WATCH 30 7 5 EMERGENCY CHANNEL 16 30 7 6 CHANNEL 9 30 7 7 OPERATING ON USA or CANADIAN 13 OR USA CHANNEL 67 30 7 8 OPERATING ON USA CHANNEL 67 31 7 9 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING 31 7 10 SIMPLEX DUPLEX CHANEL USE 32 8 CTCSS OPERATION ON THE FRS BAND 33 8 1 CTCSS CODE OPERATION 33 9 BAROMETER AND SCRAMBLER OPERATION 34 9 1 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE METER...

Page 3: ...r assistance We appreciate your purchase of the HX470S and encourage you to read this manual thoroughly so as to learn and fully understand the capabilities of the HX470S WARNING This radio is capable of transmitting on VHF Marine and FRS The FCC allows the use of VHF Marine band on water areas only How ever the FCC does not allow the use of the VHF Marine band when on land If persons use the VHF ...

Page 4: ...e lines this transmitter and its antenna must maintain a separation dis tance of at least 1 inch 2 5 centimeters from your face Speak in a normal voice with the antenna pointed up and away from the face at the required separation distance If you use a headset accessory for this radio with the radio worn on your body use only the Vertex Standard belt clip for this transceiver and ensure that the an...

Page 5: ...nternet at www fcc gov forms To obtain a form from the FCC call 888 225 5322 MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN Currently the FCC does not require recreational boaters to have a Ship Radio Station License The USCG recommends the boats registration number and the state to be used CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING You may need a license when traveling in Canada If you do need a license contact their nearest field...

Page 6: ... channels if you are not a representative of a foreign government and if you cooperate in the selection and use of chan nels in order to reduce interference to others There is no need to identify your transmissions with a call sign however you must monitor the channel before transmitting to reduce interference with other stations ...

Page 7: ...iate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be de termined by turning the equipment off and on the user is enc...

Page 8: ...adio Service 460 MHz 0 5 Watts transceiver operation receive ONLY coverage of AM FM broadcast bands AM aircraft bands and MURS The HX470S 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 In the marine band the transmitter provides a...

Page 9: ...yard r Owner s Manual 2 2 OPTIONS CMP460 Noise canceling Waterproof Speaker Microphone MH 57A4B Mini Speaker Microphone VC 24 VOX Headset CT 32 Clone Cable SU 1 Barometric Pressure Sensor Unit FVP 31 Voice Scrambler FBA 23 Alkaline Battery Case FNB 80LI 1300mAh Lithium Ion Battery Pack E DC 19 DC Cable with 12 V Cigarette Lighter Plug NC 72C 230 240 VAC Wall Charger for the FNB 80LI E DC 6 DC Cabl...

Page 10: ...VHF channel on which you are transmitting you could interfere with a search and rescue case or contribute to a collision between passing ships For VHF Marine channel assignments refer to page 47 section 16 3 2 ABOUT FRS FAMILY RADIO SERVICE FRS is a private two way very short distance voice communications service for facilitating family and group activities Areas of Operation You may operate your ...

Page 11: ...to the channel you must disable any tone squelch Also you must at all times and on all FRS channels give priority to emer gency messages 95 193 d Refer to page 23 reception 24 transmitting and 33 CTCSS for operation ...

Page 12: ...Aircraft Bands The AM VHF aeronautical communications band lies between 108 000 MHz and 136 975 MHz This fre quency spectrum can be divided into a lower and upper range The lower range between 108 000 MHz and 118 000 MHz is primarily used for navigational aids such as the ILS Instrument Landing Systems DME Distance Measuring Equipment and VOR s Very High Frequency Omni Range The lower range offers...

Page 13: ... MHz Navigational Aids 118 000 121 400 MHz Control Towers 121 500 MHz Int l Distress Frequency 121 600 122 900 MHz Ground Apron Control 122 700 123 900 MHz UNICOM Frequencies 123 450 MHz Air to Air Pilot chit chat 124 000 128 800 MHz Arrivals Departures 128 825 132 000 MHz Company Operations 132 000 135 975 MHz Area Control Centre Enroute 136 000 136 975 MHz Shared ATC Company Ops DataLink MURS MU...

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