I work for a dealer for all three brands. Each has its good features and its
bad features. JRC made the radars for Raytheon marketed in the USA until
Raymarine evolved and went with radars built in the UK.
The display was improved for the JRC 1000 MKII.
One common problem that I have not seen Raymarine fix is the drive motor has
a pulley pressed onto the motor shaft, no key or set screw (they use a belt
drive). These loosen and then you get a "walking" display on the display.
Took me a while to troubleshoot this the first time and I called Raymarine
tech support to inform them. It was old news to them, but no service
bulletin has ever been issued. The replacement motors come with the pulley
attached.
Both the Furuno and JRC use geared drives and some owners complain of noise
in the cabin, especially when mounted on a thin roof right over the helm. On
some models I could loosen the motor mount screws and move the motor a tiny
amount (bolts go through rubber grommets) and retighten the screws to quiet
the gear noise. Lately I have been adding a very small amount of white
lithium grease to the gears. This seems to be the way to go.
Doug K7ABX
"Keith" wrote in message
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JRC or Furuno. Stay away from Raymarine. They're getting cheap since going
private.

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Keith
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It's always better to be on shore wishing you were out there, than out
there
wishing you were on shore.
"Rob" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking for a small radar for my replica 22m dutch barge. It will
be mainly used on inland waterways in Europe and coastal waters -
Baltic, Agean, Med etc plus Channel crossings. Narrowed choice of
small radars down to the above listed - would appreciate comments and
experience.

TVMIA