Standard Horizon HX270S - Manual (Page 7)

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The HX270S is a submersible, miniature 5-Watt portable two-way VHF ma-
rine transceiver. The transceiver has all allocated USA, international, or
Canadian channels. It has an emergency channel 16 which can be immedi-
ately selected from any channel by pressing the 16/9 key. NOAA weather
channels can also be accessed immediately by pressing the WX key.
The transceiver includes the following features: Memory Scanning, Program-
mable Priority Scanning, 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).
The transmitter provides a maximum of 5 Watts output, and has the selection
of 2.5 Watts and 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.