As a proud owner of a Raymarine 240E, i came across this page: https://www.icomuk.co.uk/News_Article/3508/19370/
Long story short:
Changes to Channels 19, 20, 78, and 79 Marine VHF Usage
Due to the increased need for marine VHF channels for commercial use, a recent ITU World Radio Conference authorised and developed a new channel plan for the following VHF marine radio frequencies.
Channels 19, 20, 78, and 79, which were duplex have now been split into 8 simplex channels numbered 1019, 2019, 1020, 2020, 1078, 2078, 1079, and 2079. This new channel plan took effect January 1, 2017.
So, the question is:
Will i be able to upgrade (send to tech support, i guess) to this new VHF channel set, when the time comes?
Long story short:
Changes to Channels 19, 20, 78, and 79 Marine VHF Usage
Due to the increased need for marine VHF channels for commercial use, a recent ITU World Radio Conference authorised and developed a new channel plan for the following VHF marine radio frequencies.
Channels 19, 20, 78, and 79, which were duplex have now been split into 8 simplex channels numbered 1019, 2019, 1020, 2020, 1078, 2078, 1079, and 2079. This new channel plan took effect January 1, 2017.
So, the question is:
Will i be able to upgrade (send to tech support, i guess) to this new VHF channel set, when the time comes?