NorthStar Navigation Explorer 710 VHF - Manual (Page 7)

7 Northtstar Explorer VHF Series: 710US, 710EU Operation and Installation Manual
Symbol Meaning
TX Transmitting.
HI LO Transmission power. High (HI) 25 W or Low (LO) 1 W.
WX Weather channel.
WX ALT Weather Alert. Alarm beeps will sound. VHF 710US only.
BUSY Receiver busy with an incoming signal.
PRI Priority channel is selected.
D Duplex operation. Otherwise, blank for Simplex operation.
LOCAL Local calling is selected. Otherwise, blank for distance calling.
DSC DSC capability is available. VHF 710US and VHF 710EU only.
Indicates an incoming DSC call, or blinks to notify you of any unread Call Log
messages
Low Battery warning (activates at 10.5 V)
88 Channel selected.
USA INT CAN Selected channel bank for VHF radio operations and regulations.
X Channel is temporarily deleted from the ALL SCAN operation.
B A Channel suffi x, if applicable.
CH1 CH2 CH3 Shows which of the 3 favourite channels, if any, are selected.
Otherwise blank.
ATIS Enabled for use in European inland waterways. Otherwise blank.
VHF 710EU only.
A typical operational display is shown here.
The latitude and longitude of the vessel and the local time are shown.
A transmission on Channel 16 is being made at high power using the International channel bank.
Channel 16 is set as the Priority channel. It is also set as favourite channel 1.
There is an incoming DSC call so the receiver is busy.