Rick,
Yes, I agree! When sailing
New England the Maine lobster boats have
a lot of
Furuno and Raytheon. The reason
I'm interested in Koden is cost - Koden has
many
very nice features and the price is much
less than the big guys. I
spoke to Greg
at Rose Point Navigation, (Coastal Explorer)
and the next big
change in their navigation
software is collaboration with Koden called
Radar-pc.
If you search Koden's web site and click
on Radar-pc it will tell
you all the specifications
and features.
http://www.koden-electronics.co.jp/eng/radarpc-e.htmlThis
is the same deal as Nobeltec has with Koden
and a proven technology.
I'm not a fan
of integration, but I must start looking
at new radar for a
fall project and the
CE/Koden radar may be a less expensive solution
to the
big integrated radar systems. Whatever
I do I need to get the chart in the
cockpit
and if I can accomplish this by getting the
radar up there as well
on the same screen
that would be great. The "overlay" feature
is nice but
not a major selling point
for me. Our present radar unit is a Furuno
1800 -
very basic - and 19 years old.
Even though it works ok it still is a CRT
monitor
that soaks up a lot of power. It lacks any
of the new autotune, APRA
and watchman
features as well. Considering Coastal Explorer
is about to
implement this business plan
there may be some intro prices that would
make
it worth jumping for now rather than
wait for the fall.
I will be writing
up a few words and submitting two pictures
on "Lightening
Ground" on the Baba ftp
site. I'll let the list know when it's posted.
Rich Cassano
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On
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Sent:
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:47 PM
To:
baba-l@ballreich.netSubject:
Re: [Baba-L] Koden Radar
The best
test is to head where the commercial fishing
guys are and see
what they have. Downtime
and poor performance don't help keep the
catch
up. It's been a while, IIRC, since
Practical Sailor looked at radars. My
recollection
is they didn't rave about Koden, though.
Our
R-20X Raytheon has never been quite right
since a neighbor's boat
was hit by lightning
(I ssume we caught a side flash). Still,
I keep it
because all of the new stuff
is sooooo expensive and soooo integrated
and sooooo system oriented and sooooooooooo
pricey. I do not look
forward to the
day the "God's eye TV" poops out.
Cheers,
Rick
Richard
Cassano wrote:
> Does anyone have
a Koden radar installed? I was wondering
how you like
> the product. I believe
Koden is owned by Si-TEX.
>
>
Reliability?
>
> Performance?
>
>
Display quality?
>
> Etc..?
>
>
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