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Rino 520
Specifications
Radio features

Channels: 15 GMRS channels*, 7 FRS channels, 8 GMRS repeater (USA only)

TX Power:

  • FRS = 0.5w
  • GMRS = 0.5w, 2w, 5w (USA)
  • 0.5w, 2w (CAN)

Squelch codes: 38

Range: Up to 2 miles on FRS channels; Up to 14 miles on GMRS (transmit power limited to 2 watts in Canada for a range of up to 8 miles)

Modes: Channel scan with programmable scan list; channel monitor

Call tones: 10 call and ring tones, 4 roger tones

VOX: External Voice Activation with sensitivity selection

Other features: Alarm, calculator, calendar, clock, lap timer, stopwatch, games

Location reporting features

User ID: 10-character name with graphic symbol

Location sending: One button press with Call or Talk button**

Location receiving: Automatic; keep track of up to 50 Rino contacts; allows user to poll other user's position

Contact GoTo: Navigation data automatically updated to contact’s latest location

Contact TracBack®: Lets you retrace the path of up to 20 contacts

Contact Quick View: Lets you quickly center all contact locations on map

Contact Assembly: Lets you and your contacts send and navigate to a common destination

Proximity alarm: Alerts you if contact moves out of a specified distance radius or if you are within a specified distance of a waypoint

Navigation features

Waypoints/icons: 500 autoroute waypoints with name, graphic symbol and notes

Routes: 50 reversible

Tracks: 10,000 track points. Automatic track log; 20 saved tracks let you retrace your path in both directions

Trip computer: Current speed, average speed, time of sunrise/sunset, resetable maximum speed, trip timer, trip distance, electronic compass (530 only) and barametric altimeter (530 only)

Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise/set based on date and location

Map datums: More than 100

Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, Light Autorouting Basemap included

GPS performance

Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Acquisition times:

  • Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
  • Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
  • AutoLocate™: Approximately 5 minutes

Update rate: 1/second, continuous

GPS accuracy:

  • Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical***
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

DGPS (USCG) accuracy:

  • Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:

  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical***
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Dynamics: 6g’s

Interfaces: USB RS232 serial interface requires optional accessory cable 010-10572-00

Antenna: Quad-helix

Power

Source: High capacity 8.4v 2400 mAh Li-Ion Battery Pack

Battery life: 16 hours typical with Li-Ion pack (5W TX power); 18 hours typical with Alkaline battery pack (2W TX power)

Physical

Size: 5.1"H x 2.3"W x 1.8"D; 7.5"H with antenna (13 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm; 19 cm with antenna)

Weight: 10.3 ounces (294 g) with Li-Ion battery pack; 6.2 ounces (175g) without battery

Display: 1.7"H x 1.3"W; 176 x 220 pixels, 256-color transflective TFT

Case: Waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards

Temperature range : -4º to 140º F (-20º to 60º C)

User data storage : Indefinite, no memory battery required

Electronic compass feature (Rino 530 only)

Accuracy: ±5 degrees average

Resolution: 1 degree

Barometric altimeter feature (Rino 530 only)

Accuracy: 10 feet with proper calibration (user and/or automatic calibration)

Resolution: 1 foot

Range: –2,000 to 30,000 feet

Elevation computer: Current elevation, resettable minimum and maximum elevation, ascent/descent rate, total ascent/descent, average and maximum ascent/descent rate

Pressure: Local pressure (mbar/inches HG), 48-hour automatic pressure trend recording


Specifications are subject to change without notice.

* Using GMRS requires FCC license in the United States. No license is required in Canada.

**Location sending/receiving is available on both FRS and GMRS channels in the US and Canada. The minimum time between updates is 30 seconds (as specified by FCC), except when responding to a polling request

*** Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the U.S. Department of Defense Selective Availability Program.

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