Boat Forum / Electronics / August 2005

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I'm running two batteries with a switch (Atwood) which has connectors for
the Field from an alternator.  I was led to believe that by connecting these
two small terminals to the proper wires I could switch  batteries in mid
stream.  Questions:  1. Why does this switch have printed ...

I am considering replacing my broken radar with a the Nobeltec Radar
system.  I am a long time user of Nobeltec software and comfortable
with using a PC on board.  Any experience or feedback on this
integrated radar/pc system would be appreciated in helping make this

Looking for advice / suggestion / experience on interfacing a Garmi n
128 GPS to an Autohelm 3000 autopilot.
Is it do-able, and what do I need?  Are cable interfaces ommercially
available?

I have checked back and this topic may have come up before but I could
not find it.
Who is the manufacturer of the connectors used in the Furuno 6 & 7 pin
interfaces in their chart plotters/radars?

Autohelm ST5000 Wheelpilot problems.
The unit seems to work fine with its fluxgate compass sometimes, but
'throws wobblies', in which the display goes berserk - displaying
moving random segments of numbers including the small 'Cal & Wpt'

I was hoping someone could help me out.  I have a 1999 Lowrance Globomap
2000.  The unit works fine but the screen has numerous thin vertical lines
or blank lines on the screen.  Enough that it makes the unit difficult to
read.   Is there a fix for such a problem.

Most boaters use laptops for onboard computing, but I want to see what
this group thinks about using a more permanent PC solution?  My opinion
is that laptops work fine most of the time, but they aren't really
designed for life on the water unless you go with a very expensive

We have an Icom 710RT SSB on our catamaran (now in Guatamala), and
haave been having some strange behaviour from the Mic recently.
When I release the Tx button on the mic after transmitting, the radio
will sometimes (30%) downshift to the next lower programmed freq. No, I

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/07/20/100/?nc=1
Good news for boaters!  FCC proposes to drop ALL Morse code requirements on
ALL licenses!  THE TIME OF YOUR HAM LICENSE HAS ARRIVED!
The public comment window is open!  Tell the FCC to get rid of the code!

My ST50 Multi outputs a broken NMEA sentence: wind info
(VWR). It splits both sentences as two sentences like this:
$IIVWR,113.,R,,,,,,
$IIVWR,,,,,,,03.0,N

My ST5000 autopilot control head has failed and I'm back to using my 'ole'
back up AH3000 unit. (no complaints with the old model, it faithfully steer
for the last 793 miles this  summer. )
I'm now considering a NOS ST7000 A/P Course Computer but it doesn't come

Hi,
I am contemplating running a light wire back to the cockpit to operate the
anchor winch from there. At present the power is switched for up and down from
foot switches at the bow.

Furuno no longer supplies the harness to fit a 1720. Anyone know of a
possible source for such a thing?

Over in the binary group alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean I have posted
the pictures of my visit to Sailnet's main headquarters in N Charleston
TWICE this morning, just to make sure.  Their hours were 0830-1700 ET so I
went there at 9AM.  While I was in the parking lot, another ...