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Forum: Marine Electronics 29-07-2014, 17:08
Replies: 54
Views: 29,224
Posted By Ben Ellison
Re: Any experience with wireless radar?

[QUOTE=colemj;1560281]Yes, this is Furuno's standard DSR4 radome - nothing new at all in that part of it. The difference is only in the added wifi module instead of the ethernet interface./QUOTE]
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Forum: Marine Electronics 13-11-2013, 10:52
Replies: 156
Views: 52,897
Posted By Ben Ellison
Re: New Inexpensive Ais Transponder

It seems like this thread needs some input from a actual ship watch stander, so here's an interview with gCaptain founder John Konrad about how AIS is used as an aid in collision avoidance:

Panbo:...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 06-09-2012, 06:35
Replies: 156
Views: 27,890
Posted By Ben Ellison
Re: Sad News Again Off Mexico

Right, but I think it's possible that the Distress Alert could be sent, at least once, by vigorous pounding on the Spot. I know, for instance, that the USCG SAR command in Miami keeps a list of...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 04-09-2012, 07:03
Replies: 156
Views: 27,890
Posted By Ben Ellison
Re: Sad News Again Off Mexico

Thanks for posting about this, Evans. Do you think there's any chance that the SPOT distress message was somehow triggered by tumbling in the surf and rocks instead of being activated by a person? ...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-08-2011, 09:58
Replies: 19
Views: 8,466
Posted By Ben Ellison
Re: New Simrad Electronics Are Way Cool

Worth noting that Simrad makes two patch cables for making the transition from SimNet to standard NMEA 2000 connectors and cabling. They're not cheap, but they do make a much neater and more robust...
Forum: Marine Electronics 06-03-2010, 04:11
Replies: 2
Views: 1,407
Posted By Ben Ellison
Thank you, Jeff, and thanks to everyone who's...

Thank you, Jeff, and thanks to everyone who's done the survey so far. It's going to generate some interesting data, as you can see at the link below, and there's still time to participate:
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