Boat Forum / Electronics / June 2007

I have just got the program Sea Clear II. I am very new to this
subject. I am an old school navy guy. All I have ever used is a hand
bearing compass and charts. I ahve downloaded NOAA charts and can
download them to the Sea Clear Program.

The reception on my vhf suffers when I have the fishfinder/sounder
turned on. There is some static and the quality of reception is much
worse than normal. There is no problem when the chartplotter or radar is
running, just the sounder. All electronics are in close proximity to the

Can anyone think of any problem with adding another diode bank to my
90hp Merc 2cycle  so that it could charge another different battery?
I assume that the diodes are nothing more than a bridge rectifier
setup so adding another set of diodes would just provide another

Any thoughts on why a Uniden QT206 digital depth display fogs up to
the point of being unreadable?  Has anyone else experienced this?
When the weather is warm and the cabin is open (twice this season, so
far, here in the Puget Sound area), the unit has cleared up and works

My Minn Cota outboard electric motor's electronic box "kaput".  Do anybody knows, is it possible connect 12 V directly to the motor for it will work on full speed, or electronic circuit is more complex than simply regulate the voltage and motor will not work without this box?

I'm trying to source an additional socket for my Cetrek 715 hand-held pilot
controller.
Initial Googling suggests it could well be Conxall Mini-con X / Switchcraft
EN3 type.

Here is problem that has me puzzled, and looking for any ideas.
Today we hauled our boat, and I noted the prop appears to have some
electrolysis or other corrosion stress to it.  The prop is 2 years
old, Bronze on a SS shaft.  When hauled, its color is ink black and it

Larry,
New WiFi Record: 237 Miles!
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/w_wifi_record_2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G

I know that this is the electronics group, but its one of the largest
replied to newsgroups, So I'm asking your help.
Ok, Here it is! Has anyone seen the episode of Jerry Seinfeld where the
parking valet gets in Jerry's car and leaves a body oder in the car so bad

I'd like to add a second battery to my existing three battery setup.
Actually it'd be two 6v golf cart batteries wired in series, to be added to
the ships system circuit.  I've got a Charles 30 amp AC charger that has 3
circuits; one to each existing battery.  There are two ...

I want to buy an SG-2000 ADSP1 or ADSP2 working or not. It needs to be
in good physical condition. I will pay immediate cash.
Please let me know if you have one available.
Thank you,

Hello Group
Started the installation of an easyais unit today initially tried to
get the 4800 baud data into the NMEA port input on the s3 corepack but
it seems that it does not re transmit the data back out from the

Hello, I need to set up a communication link between a shore station
and a dive boat that is at most 30nm (50 km) distance from the
shorestation (the shore station is on the beach i.e. there are no
obstacles between shore and ship)

jnm_auction
Metz Manta Marine VHF Antenna w/optional Bow Rail Mount
Seller did not ship with the bow rail mount and is now disputing his
auction. He states the mount is optional even though this is the wording

My boat has non-standard color coding on the AC wiring, typically all
3 wires red instead of the US standard of black, white, green.
Identifying the hot wire is easy but I'm not sure how to positively
identify the neutral wire vs the safety ground.  Measuring voltage