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Dave wrote:

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:42:59 GMT, Bruce in Alaska said:

Interchangeability is built into SOME OEM's designs, BUT if you are
a US Flagged Vessel, that interchangeability NEEDS to be "Type Accepted"
by the FCC when the product is introduced and originally submitted for
Type Acceptance. Any non-Type Accepted arrangment would not be legal to
operate on a US Flagged Vessel. Also non-Type Accepted Radars onboard
non-US flagged Vessels normally are shutdown, at the 3 Mile Limit, just
as all visiting Warships secure all non-navigation emitters at the 3 Mile
Limit.

And do you really think anybody will give a **** if he mates up a scanner
sold for one pleasure boat to a display from a different manufacturer?

Sea lawyers!!!

This attitude is exactly why the FCC has a Type Acceptance on Marine
Electronics. So that idiots like the above, who have absolulty no idea
about the technology they buy, and stick on their boat, don't mess
around with the guts, and cause all kinds of problems for themselves,
and other Mariners. It wasn't to many years ago, that an FCC RADAR
Endorsment was REQUIRED to even take the covers off a Marine Radar.
Missmatching Antennas and Displays from the same OEM may or may not
work even if you do get the wiring correct, but trying it with
units for different OEM's is JUST PLAIN STUPID......


Bruce in alaska
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