BoatBanter.com - Which Radar?

It's sad when such pearls are cast before swine -even if they are part
of the GDP.

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:

Sure MC... and you need the radar training program really badly!

CM
"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| Now there you go agin. I thought you understood that you can't pick up a
| shore line with radar... Your brain has gone to mush!
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Capt. Mooron wrote:
|
| So he can pick up the cliffs or the shoreline???? Bwahahahahahahahaaaa
|
| CM
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
| ...
| | You need an intermittant scan function...
| |
| | Cheers MC
| |
| | wrote:
| | On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:05:16 -0400, "Capt. Mooron"

| wrote:
| |
| |
| | wrote in message
| |
| | | I though JRC was a well known brand. I see that logo on a lot of
| radomes.
| | I
| | | realize that the JRC 1000 is an entry level unit. I just need
| something
| | basic
| | | for occasional use in fog, and at night, so I don't get run over
by a
| | ferry or
| | | tanker. I sail mostly in the Long Island Sound.
| |
| | The JRC will suit your intended usage. The reason you see so many
JRCs
| is
| | because they are cheap. They are also newcomers on the radar scene
by
| | comparison to other brands. Furuno for instance has been around a
lot
| | longer. You'll see them on the better equiped boats. If you are
| comfortable
| | sailing around New York with the K-Mart of radars where everyone is
| judged
| | by their toys.... it will do you fine.
| |
| |
| | I don't sail around New York very much, and I am not looking to be
| judged on
| | toys. I have a practical need for a basic radar unit that will help
me
| when
| | there is fog, and at night. It's not really a toy. Are JRC radars
really
| so bad?
| | They have a full line, and not all of them are exactly low cost
units.
| Furuno
| | also seems to have a range of units starting about as cheap as JRC.
| Overall, I
| | don't see JRC as being especially cheap compared to Furuno or
others.
| |
| | When I read the literature from the manufacturers, they all seem to
be
| geared
| | for how well they work for fast boats, which says to me, that maybe
| there is a
| | radar unit that is especially geared to slow (sail) boats, that
trades
| speed for
| | lower power consumption.
| |
| | Forgetting price, for a moment, can you tell me about comparative
| quality, and
| | why one entry level unit might be better than another brand? Is an
entry
| level
| | Furuno better than an entry level JRC? I can read brochures and
| magazines myself
| | - I am looking for people who own or have used various models.
Someone
| who has
| | owned more than one radar would be especially helpful.
| |
| | Thanks!
| | Joey
| |
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