Keith wrote:

Sorry, I share Larry's opinion of Raymarine. I saw them replace THREE 4
KW open arrays on my pier alone... snip

Thanks for saying that, it sounds credible and on topic. I don't say
that corrosion cannot happen, but it has not been seen in my
experiences. I used to occasionally buy and sell used marine stuff
including many Raymarine radars, I have seen the insides of many
radomes. I have not had any experience with Raymarine open array
scanners but your experience plants a warning about them in my mind.

I have never seen the corrosion as described by that other person and am
reporting my experience in an attempt to keep things on balance. I do
not consider it to be an inherent or endemic problem with 2KW/4KW
radomes. I would not buy any used radar without opening the dome (or
motor housing on open arrays) for a quick visual inspection.

snip I've never seen or heard of problems with Furuno like
I've seen with Raymarine. I guess they're just going cheap after
spinning the company off.

The older JRC built stuff certainly had a higher quality to it. I
assume the Furunos are still being made or assembled in Japan and that
probably accounts for the difference in quality (and their higher prices
to some extent).

I hate it when a brand that had quality and reliability starts rolling
over and giving those up to maintain sales at competitive prices.

Jack

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