Standard Horizon VHF Handheld HX270E

[sparkymark1]

After reading the artical in Febuary's PBO I have bought the Standard Horizon VHF Handheld HX270E. The artical said there would a slip of paper that would explain where to find channel 37 M1 & M2 But there was not. I am guessing it is n0 & n1 after CH88 when "EXP" comes up on the display. There is no mention of this in the user's manual.

 

[Jezlyn]

I've got the previous model (HX260E) and M1 & M2 appear as EXP01 & EXP02 after Ch88.

 

[bluedragon]

Yes the slip of paper does say n0 and n1, but in fact on my set the channels are called n1 and n2. If you can, do a test with another VHF on transmit with M1/M2 to be sure, but your assumption is almost certainly correct. These channels are programmed by the UK importers I think, and that's why they don't appear in the handbook.

 

[Gin]

Here is what Standard Horizon/Yaesu told me when I enquired last year

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Yes, n0 =CH37 or CHM and n1 = Channel M2.
We are unable to put the letter M in the channel display.
We can computer program 40 private channels in the HX-270 and these are known as EXPansion channels.
We program two of these expansion channels as no and n1 as channels M and M2.
Sorry for lack of information.



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[Norman_E]

I bought one at Excel. Mine had a piece in the instructions explaining that as the display does not produce the letter M, channels M1 and M2 are displayed as N1 & N2 respectively. The radio looks a good choice, as it appears much better specified than any of the cheap models from Silva, Cobra etc, but still a lot cheaper than the Icom. As an aside it is programmed with all European channels, plus all American & Canadian channels. There is a keyboard routine which switches the set between European, USA, & Canadian use. Very handy if you cross the Atlantic. Only slight downside is that it does not automatically switch to high power if you select channel 16.