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Ben Ellison
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RE: Laptops for Marine Environment

Nobeltec recommends Intel NUCs for running the TimeZero PC navigation system I plan to set up on Gizmo, and the refurb NUC 7i5BNK Ben S linked to at A...

7 years ago
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RE: Man Over Board Deck Button and N2K

The Digital Yacht TriNav with iKonnect NMEA 2000 gateway offers another way to get a physical MoB button on your boat:

7 years ago
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RE: IN-REACH MINI bluetooth data avail to APPS? (I.e. GPS for Navionics)

Good news. I recalled that previous inReach models did provide location info to iPads that didn't have an internal GPS, but I tested more vigorously y...

7 years ago
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RE: True or Theoretical Wind for a Trawler

Hi David, The Airmar is unusual (and cool), but you probably don't need a sensor that outputs "theoretical wind." In fact, you likely have something o...

7 years ago
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RE: Garmin Reactor 40 and aggressive XTE correction

"I’ve had the AP do an abrupt 180"... yike. Hopefully someone here or elsewhere can help you solve the sudden turning. But in the meantime, maybe you...

7 years ago
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RE: Garmin Reactor 40 and aggressive XTE correction

Dave. I do not believe that your Garmin autopilot, or any autopilot, is meant to work that way. What I wrote about in 2011 was unwanted behavior when ...

7 years ago
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RE: Have Furuno FI-501 wind display and Raymarine ST-60 wind sensor, what next?

Hi Shane, I'm not sure which Panbo article you saw about the Furuno FI-501 Wind Angle instrument, as there were several: But the point I was making a...

7 years ago
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RE: Need fix! Garmin contour card fail!

Anon, I think you were smart to copy your Quickdraw data to a PC and I trust you will be able to access that data some way someday if not soon. I'm wo...

7 years ago
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RE: Brunswick buys Freedom Boat Club

I don't know how it may work out for this deal, but Freedom Boat Club COO Louis Chemi left a large and beneficial mark on the marine electronics indus...

7 years ago
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RE: Garmin G2/G3 chart naming glitch

Hi Doug, I'm pretty sure that Midcoast Marine Electronics in Rockland can bench test your Garmin but it may be expensive and even if they can fix it, ...

7 years ago
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RE: Simrad AP20 Pilot Computer integration, WB20, & Zeus 3

Dan, the AT10 manual link I described in 2009 still works! And note there is also an AT10 HD.

7 years ago
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RE: Simrad AP20 Pilot Computer integration, WB20, & Zeus 3

I'm very doubtful that you'll see much integration, Dan, if any. I recall that the AT10 only does a few O183 to 2000 translations, or vice versa. Mayb...

7 years ago
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RE: Howto disable STD Horizon AIS Receiver and integrate with AIS Transponder

Frank, I'm sorry to report that GX6000 was not able to read AIS data coming over NMEA 2000 on my boat last summer, which I confirmed with SH: "It appe...

7 years ago
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