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rhys wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:44:49 GMT, Larry W4CSC wrote:


Furuno? Anyone had water destroy a Furuno radar dome??

OK, crap construction drives me nuts, particularly when it's something
(like a radar) which MUST spend its working life out in the elements.

Assuming the radar itself isn't absolute crap...like that "Mars Bar"
radar the Brits made 25 years ago, say...what is *your* radar of
choice for durability? 'Cause once I go up the mast, I don't want
anything short of a hurricane to cause damage to that radome...

My buddy swears by his old Kodan CRT unit, but he's got a big ketch
and more room and power than most people to play with. The thing is a
toaster-sized box bolted to his coaming, and it takes skill to use it,
but if you can learn that skill, it's accurate as hell.

R.

Give me a Furuno, over any other third and fourth generation Radar OEM
and a Decca over any second generation Radar. First generation radars
were all crap, and the fifth generation is just now coming out, so no one
knows yet who has the best stuff.......

Bruce in alaska
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I'm looking at a sailboat that has a "Vigil RM radar".
As it works and I have other things I will need
to spend money on up front, it will be well down
on my list of items to replace. In the meantime
I will have to live and work with it.

Can anyone give me some info on what these were like
in construction and quality? Appears to be over 10 yrs old,
with crt display, and 24" radome.

Thanks