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CONTENTS FEATURES .......................................................................... 2 Priority Channel 16 .......................................................... 8 SUPPLIED WITH .................................................................. 2 Second Priority Channel ................................................... 8 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES.................................................... 2 Hi/Lo Power .....................................................................
INTRODUCTION RF RADIATION INFORMATION Congratulations on purchasing this GME fully featured VHF marine radio. Your GX800 has been built to offer excellent value by combining advanced features, great design and manufacturing quality. To ensure you are familiar with the operation and features of your radio, and in order to obtain the best performance, please read this manual thoroughly before operation.
the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate 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.
CONTROLS VOLUME ON/ OFF ANTENNA CONNECTOR COVER RUBBER SEAL PUSH TO TALK SQUELCH DISPLAY UP PRIVATE CHANNELS/ CHANNEL SET WEATHER / ALERT UIC WX HI / LO POWER KEY LOCK CH 16 DOWN SCAN DUAL WATCH / TRIPLE WATCH MEMORY GX800 I N S T RU C T I O N M A N UA L 5
LCD ICONS TX INDICATOR RX SIGNAL TX POWER PRIORITY SCAN DUAL WATCH TRIPLE WATCH SQUELCH LEVEL KEY LOCK RX BUSY ATIS SYSTEM BATTERY STATUS EXTERNAL POWER TX BUSY ATIS HILOW M PSCAN DUALW TRIW B MEM A SQL: U I C WXALT US BAND INTERNATIONAL BAND CANADIAN BAND MEMORY CHANNEL DESIGNATORS WEATHER CHANNELS WEATHER ALERT KEY FUNCTIONS KEY SHORT PRESS Hi/LO [LOCK] TX Power Hi/Low LONG PRESS Key Lock 16 Channel 16 Secondary Priority Channel DW [TRIW] Dual Watch Mode Triple Watch Mode WX/ALT Wea
GENERAL OPERATION POWER ON/OFF VOLUME CONTROL Turn the Volume control clockwise past the ‘click’ to turn the radio on. Continue turning the control clockwise to increase the volume. Turn the control counter-clockwise to reduce the volume. Continue turning the control counter clockwise past the ‘click’ to turn the radio off. SQUELCH To adjust the Squelch, briefly press the SQL key. The present or keys to adjust Squelch level will flash. Use the the squelch level from 0 (min) to 9 (max).
Private Channels HI/LO POWER The GX800 can be programmed with private channels for use by organisations that have been officially allocated special frequencies within the VHF Marine band. To access private channels programmed into the radio briefly press the or keys. key then press the Briefly press the key to toggle high or low transmitter power. The display will show ‘HI’ or ‘LOW’ to confirm the selected power setting.
Priority Scan Priority scan is similar to the basic scan except it regularly inserts channel 16 into the scan. Signals received on channel 16 have priority over signals received on other channels. To activate the Priority scan function, press and hold the key. ‘PSCAN’ appears on the display and the channel numbers change rapidly with channel 16 appearing predominantly in the channel display area. To deactivate the Priority scan function, briefly press the key. ‘PSCAN’ disappears from the display.
NOTE: Prior to using Triple Watch ensure you have programmed your second priority channel. To use the Triple Watch Function or 1. Press the working channel. keys to select your preferred key to activate Triple Watch. 2. Press and hold the ‘TRIW’ will be displayed and the channel numbers will quickly switch between 16, the second priority channel and the selected channel.
3 Press the or keys to select the value of the flashing digit (0 – 9). key to confirm the selection and move 4. Press the to the next digit. 5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 to enter the entire 9 digit ATIS ID. 6. When the last digit is entered you will be prompted to enter the ATIS ID again (this is to avoid entering an invalid entry). IMPORTANT: The connector used to charge the GX800 is a Mini USB type charging at 8V (instead of the customary 5V normally associated with this connector).
INTERNATIONAL MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES CH TX Freq RX Freq 01 156.050 160.650 Simplex Use Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 02 156.100 160.700 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 03 156.150 160.750 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 04 156.200 160.800 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 05 156.250 160.850 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 06 156.300 156.
INTERNATIONAL MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. CH TX Freq RX Freq 65 156.275 160.875 Simplex Use Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 66 156.325 160.925 67 156.375 156.375 X Intership, Port Operations and Ship Movement 2 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 68 156.425 156.425 X Port Operations and Ship Movement 69 156.475 156.475 X Intership, Port Operations and Ship Movement 71 156.575 156.
US MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES CH TX Freq RX Freq 01A 156.050 156.050 Simplex X Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. Use 05A 156.250 156.250 X Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas 06 156.300 156.300 X Intership Safety 07A 156.350 156.350 X Commercial 08 156.400 156.400 X Commercial (Intership only) 09 156.450 156.450 X Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial 10 156.
US MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. CH TX Freq RX Freq 63A 156.175 156.175 Simplex X Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. Use 65A 156.275 156.275 X Port Operations 66A 156.325 156.325 X Port Operations 67 156.375 156.375 X Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in Lower Mississippi River. Intership only. 68 156.425 156.425 X Non-Commercial 69 156.475 156.475 X Non-Commercial 70 156.525 156.
Additional Information, Frequencies, and Charts. Frequencies are in MHz. Modulation is 16KF3E or 16KG3E. Recreational boaters normally use channels listed as NonCommercial: 68, 69, 71, 72, 78A. Channel 70 is used exclusively for Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and is not available for regular voice communications. Channels 75 and 76 are reserved as guard bands for Channel 16 and are not available for regular voice communications.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC Use Restrictions X PC None X PC None PC None IS, SS, C, S DFO/Canadian Coast Guard only in BCC area. Commercial fishing in EC area. CH TX Freq RX Freq 01 156.050 156.650 02 156.100 160.700 03 156.150 160.750 X 04A 156.200 156.200 X INL PRA X X 05A 156.250 156.250 X X X X X X X 06 156.300 156.300 X X X X X X X 07A 156.350 156.350 X X X X X X 08 156.400 156.400 X 09 156.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC CH TX Freq RX Freq 17 156.850 156.850 X X X X X X X 18A 156.900 156.900 X X X X X X X 19A 156.950 156.950 X X X X X X X 20 157.000 161.600 X X X X X X X 21A 157.050 157.050 X X X X X X X 21B -------- 161.650 X X X X X X X 22A 157.100 157.100 X X X X X X X 23 161.750 X X 157.150 23B -------- 161.750 24 157.200 161.800 25 157.250 161.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. CH EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC TX Freq RX Freq 64A 156.225 156.225 X 65A 156.275 156.275 X X X X X X X 66A 156.950 156.950 X X X X X X X 67 156.375 156.375 X X X X X X X 68 156.425 156.425 X X X X X X X 69 156.475 156.475 X X X X X X X 70 156.525 156.525 71 156.575 156.575 X 72 156.625 156.625 X 73 156.675 156.675 X 74 156.725 156.725 X 75 156.775 156.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC INL PRA Use Restrictions IS, SS, SM, C Simplex port operation, ship movement and navigation related communication only. 1 watt maximum. S, IS, SS, SM, Pilotage – BCC area; 25 watts. Port operations only in the St. Lawrence River/Great Lakes areas with 1 watt maximum power. IS, SS, C Fishing Industry – BCC area SS, IS, Fishing Industry – BCC area CH TX Freq RX Freq 76 156.225 156.225 X 77 156.275 156.
Table Footnotes EC - East Coast (NL, AC, GL, and Eastern Arctic areas) IS Intership NL - Newfoundland and Labrador SS Ship / Shore AC - Atlantic Coast, Gulf and St. Lawrence River to and including C Montreal Commercial GL - Great Lakes including the St.
RECEIVER Sensitivity (12dB SINAD): -119 dBm Squelch: Threshold: -119 dBm Tight: -113 dBm to -107 dBm Rated Audio Output @5% THD Speaker: 250 mW Adjacent Channel Rejection: ≥ 70 dB Image Rejection: ≥ 70 dB Intermodulation Rejection: ≥ 68 dB Maximum S/N @ 1 mV ≥ 40 dB Spurious Response rejection (CH16) 80 MHz to 1 GHz ≥ 70 dB Conducted Spurious Emission: ≤ 70 dB Scan Time per Channel: 200 ms RX Current: Standby – 185 mA Max Audio Power – 380 mA TRANSMITTER Output Power: High – 5W Low – 0.
STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT WARRANTY AGAINST DEFECTS This warranty against defects is given by Standard Communications Pty Ltd ACN 000 346 814 (We, us, our or GME). Our contact details are set out in clause 2.7. This warranty statement only applies to products purchased in Australia. Please contact your local GME distributor for products sold outside of Australia. Local distributor details at www.gme.net.au/export. 1. Consumer guarantees 1.
2.8 If we determine that your goods are defective, we will pay for the cost of returning the repaired or replaced goods to you, and reimburse you for your reasonable expenses of sending your warranty claim to us. 3. What this warranty does not cover 3.
