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PACKAGE INCLUDES
1 Marine Radio
1 Charging Cradle
1 AC Adapter
1 DC Adapter
1 Lithiom Ion Battery Pack
1 Belt Clip
1 Wrist Strap
1 Set mounting hardware
1 Manual
Your West Marine VHF250 represents the latest in marine
radio technology in a conveniently sized and rugged
package. It has features you’ll come to count on for day in
and day out use. The product combines size, value, and fully
featured performance that makes it a good choice for an all
around marine communications radio.
FEATURES: The VHF250 brings the following key features to make
marine radio useful and easy:
- Complete Marine VHF channels (USA-1A to 88A) for
the U.S., Canada, and International waters — let you
communicate with standard marine radio operators.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Weather channels — let you listen to the local
weather conditions and be forewarned of dangerous
conditons.
- NOAA Weather Alert — provides a siren tone warning of a
serious impending weather event and emergency weather
warnings, broadcast by NOAA.
- Emergency CH 16 (Coast Guard/Distress Hailing) and
CH9 (Calling/Hail Secondary) operation
- Family Radio Service Band (FRS) with CTCSS/DSC
(Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System/Digital
Squelch Control) Privacy encoding — Provides you with
2-way communication using 14 channels plus Privacy Codes
to help interference from nearby FRS units.
- Standard AM Broadcast Band (500-1800 KHz) —Lets
you listen to news, music, sports, and other programming.
enjoyment anywhere.
- Standard FM Broadcast Band (87.5-108 MHz) — Lets you
enjoy your favorite broadcast programming.
- Aircraft Broadcast Reception (108-137MHz) — Lets you
listen in on aircraft to ground transmissions.
- Triple and DualWatch Operation — In TripleWatch
operation, the radio monitors the working channel, then 2-
seconds later, the Coast Guard/Distress/Hailing Channel 16
then in another 2-seconds, Channel 9, the backup channel.
In DualWatch, the radio monitors the channel in use (marine
or weather) then 2-seconds later, Channel 16.
- Normal Scan — with two or more channels or frequencies
stored in memory, the radio either checks those channels in
rapid succession or lets you use the frequencies as Station
Presets. This also applies to Dual or TripleWatch mode.
- Transmitter Power Level Select — lets you select an
output power settings of 1, 2.5, and 5 watts except for certain
restricted channels.
- Channel Select Keys — let you easily navigate up and
down the channel list to the desired channel. They also let
you quickly choose all desired Radio Menu options.
- Submersible — The radio is JIS7 compliant. This means it
remains watertight if submerged in 1 meter of water for 30
minutes.
- Battery Power Level Display and Tone — clearly indicates
fi ve levels of battery power. Sounds an alert tone when
battery power reaches a level before shutting down.
- Battery Save — during specific transmit operations, the
radio powers down to extend battery life.