Raymarine RAY 210VHF Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
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SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL
Congratulations on your purchase of Raymarine's RAY210 marine
radiotelephone.
Your RAY210 VHF-FM marine radiotelephone provides reliable simplex and
duplex (two-frequency) communications between ships and from ships at sea to
public or private shore stations. The RAY210 is programmed for two-way
communication on all the International, US and Canadian channels plus
reception on ten separate weather channels, and the international calling and
safety channels (16/9). Simple installation requires attaching the mounting yoke
and microphone bracket, connection to a 13.6 Vdc power source, and to a proper
VHF antenna.
This manual describes the physical and functional characteristics of the
radiotelephone.
1.2 EQUIPMENT FEATURES
The RAY210 is designed and manufactured to provide ease of installation and
operation with excellent reliability. The important built-in features of the
equipment are listed below;
1) 51 transmitting channels and 93 receiving channels within the assigned
VHF/FM maritime band. All U.S. and International channels are included.
2) Automatically scans four modes;
ALL channels
Any selected channels
Dual watch plus weather: channel 16/9 and any other selected weather
channel
Dual Watch: channel 16/9 and any other selected channel.
3) All solid-state circuitry for low current drain and maximum reliability.
4) Exclusive circuit that automatically selects USA channel 16 and 25 watts
output power when radio turned on.
5) High-performance receiver section with optimum selectivity for operation in
"noisy" or "high traffic" areas.
6) Four watts audio output power to speaker provide adequate volume even in a
noisy environment.