Marine VHF Radio Telephone FM8900S

Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.; Nishinomiya City, Hyogo

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  • Year
  • 2012
  • Category
  • Commercial Transmitter & Receiver (TRX not Amateur)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 303737

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • Semiconductors present.
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Transceiver; ZF/IF 51137,5 + 62,5 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 24 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Power out
  • 3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Marine VHF Radio Telephone FM8900S - Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.;
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 295 x 140 x 237 mm / 11.6 x 5.5 x 9.3 inch
  • Notes

  • The FM-8900S is an all-in-one Marine VHF radio system consisting of a 25W VHF radiotelephone, a DSC modem and a CH70 watchkeeping receiver. It offers semi-duplex voice communications on ITU channels in the marine mobile VHF band. The features include Scanning Dual Channels (DW) which allows a continuous watch on CH 16 and another selected frequency. Data is displayed on a large easy-to-read LCD. Operation is simplified by the use of a few keys and easy to follow menus.

    Number of Channels :

    • INTL : 57
    • USA : 50
    • Weather : 10
    • Canada : 57
    • INLAND-WA : 57
    • Private : 20
    • Memory Channel : 50

    Transmitter:

    • Frequency range: 155.000 - 161.475 MHz

    Receiver :

    • Frequency range: Simplex 155.000 - 161.475 MHz, Semi-Duplex 159.600 - 164.200.

     

     

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 4.2 kg / 9 lb 4 oz (9.251 lb)
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original-techn. papers. (Furuno Operator's Manual dated Apr 2012)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original prospect or advert
  • Author
  • Model page created by Heribert Jung. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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