Standard Horizon QUANTUM Series GX3500S User Manual
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GX3500S
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 4
2
PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................ 4
3
OPTIONS ................................................................................................................. 4
4
SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION ...................................................................... 5
5
FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ................................................................... 6
6
FCC NOTICE ........................................................................................................... 7
7
GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................ 8
7.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO ...................................................................................... 8
7.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ........................................................................... 8
7.3 COAXIAL CABLE ............................................................................................ 9
8
INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................... 10
8.1 LOCATION ..................................................................................................... 10
8.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ..................................................................... 10
8.3 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................................... 11
8.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT ...................................... 12
8.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS .............................................................. 12
8.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME ....................................................................... 13
8.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ............................................................ 14
8.8 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ........................................... 15
8.9 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION .............................. 16
8.10 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC INSTALLATION ....... 17
9
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ............................................................................ 18
10 BASIC OPERATION .............................................................................................. 24
10.1 RECEPTION .................................................................................................. 24
10.2 TRANSMISSION ............................................................................................ 24
10.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) .......................................................... 25
10.4 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .......................................................... 25
10.5 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE .......................................... 25
10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS .................................................................... 25
10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert ............................................................................ 25
10.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing ............................................................... 26
10.7
EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ............................................................ 26
10.8
CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ................................ 27
10.9
MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS .................................................................. 28
10.10 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .............................................. 28
10.11 DUAL WATCH (TO CH16) .......................................................................... 28
10.12 SCANNING .................................................................................................. 29
10.12.1 Selecting the Scan Mode ..................................................................... 29
10.12.2 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ............................................................. 29
10.12.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ................................................................ 30
10.13
PA / FOG OPERATION ............................................................................. 30
10.13.1 Operating the PA HAIL Mode .......................................................... 31
10.13.2 Operating the PA FOG HORN Mode .............................................. 31
10.14
NAVIGATION INDICATION ....................................................................... 31
10.15
LCD DIMMER ............................................................................................ 32
10.16
INTERCOM OPERATION ......................................................................... 32
10.16.1 Communication ................................................................................... 33
10.16.2 Calling ................................................................................................. 33
10.17
VOICE SCRAMBLER ............................................................................... 34
11 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ............................................................................ 36
11.1 GENERAL ...................................................................................................... 36
11.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ........................................ 37
11.2.1 What is an MMSI? ................................................................................. 37
11.2.2 Programming the MMSI ...................................................................... 37