Ocean Ready Electronics
Motor Boating Magazine takes a look at one of the ships participating in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally, a high-seas adventure from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to Gibraltar. There’s a lot of electronics stuff on board...
Yearly Archive: 2004
Improving Your Cellphone Signal
Having reception problems while sailing along the coast? Here’s a simple and cheap solution. “The new Freedom Antenna from ARC Wireless Solutions presents a simple way to minimize those problems. The antenna, housed in...
Navionics XL3 Charts
I like the way the marine electronics industry is, finally, taking real advantage of economies of scale, standardization and innovation in the computer industry. This Navionics example is perfect proof of that. “The company...
Underwater SMS
Although I’m sure this is meant for military use, this solution from Nautronix allows you to send an SMS while underwater. Well, sort of at least…. “The mine countermeasure system will provide divers with...
New Products From Raymarine
Apparently Raymarine is launching a new fixed mount VHF radio and some other products. But I can’t find anything about it on their website though. Or anywhere else for that matter…. “Making its show...
SSB And/Or Satellite
Nice article on the value of SSB radio, and why you should not be replacing SSB by satphone technology. Although we had bought our single sideband radio primarily for safety, we’ve discovered that it’s...
Trials For Boeing’s Connexion
It has been a while since we last heard some news about the availability of Boeing’s supposedly rule-breaking solution. Apparently they are testing it with a commercial shipping company, Teekay. The Connexion by Boeing...
Illegal Electronic Maps
New technology creates new problems. Some boaters in Canada have a problem since they can’t obtain legal electronics maps for certain populair sailing areas. The companies involved “are currently in some intense negotiations hope...
Simrad’s SimNet
A lot has been said already about the slow migration from NMEA 0183 towards NMEA 2000. And of the resulting proprietary solutions introduced by most manufacturers. Here’s a short introduction to Simrad’s SimNet. The...
