1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the HX40! Whether this is your
first portable marine VHF transceiver, or if you have other STANDARD
HORIZON equipment, the STANDARD HORIZON organization is commit-
ted to ensuring your enjoyment of this high-performance transceiver, which
should provide you with many years of satisfying communications even in
the harshest of environments. STANDARD HORIZON technical support per-
sonnel stand behind every product sold. STANDARD HORIZON technical
support personnel stand behind every product sold.
The HX40 is a Submersible 6-Watt ( 5-Watt ) * Ultra-compact portable two-way
marine transceiver. Emergency channel 16 or sub channel ( default is channel
9 ) can be immediately selected from any other channel by pressing the [16/S]
key.
The HX40 includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Priority Scan-
ning, Dual and Triple watch, NOAA Weather Alert, easy-to-read large LCD
display, Battery Life display on the LCD, and a transmit Time-Out Timer ( TOT ) .
The HX40 transmitter provides a full 6-Watt ( 5-Watt ) * of transmit power (which
is also selectable to 1-Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery
life).
We appreciate your purchase of the HX40, and encourage you to read this
manual thoroughly, to learn and fully understand the capabilities of the HX40.
* (5-Watt TX required in Some Countries)
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