Boat Forum / Electronics / August 2007

I have a RayMarine SeaTalk based RayStar 120 GPS antenna which is a
piece of crap.  On almost a daily basis it will lose position fix and
the requires power cycling to have it re-aquire a fix.  According to
some marine electronics people that I've talked to, this was a known

Picking up a used 28.5 Hunter sailboat that has depth, speed and direction
gauges. I therefore need a new GPS unit since the old Garmin does not go
with the boat. The external GPS antenna stays with the boat.
What has me very confused is what maps are needed. We will be on the ...

Ok, I know I should have payed attention back when this was a HUGH
Thread, BUT.....  I now have an application for a wired (10bT/100bT)
Remote 802.11x "Device" that can connect a Laptop, via it's internal
Ethernet Port, back to my 802.11b Access Point, which is physically

hi, does anyone know about  increasing the spark out put from  a 30 hp , 2
stroke yamaha  out board 2005 model , or any other mods  ?
thanks,
mark k

Im building a website where I would like to visualize some coordinates
extracted real time from a GPS onto a google map.
How do I send GPS data from a PDA into a database?
How can I display this data on my google map?

Garmin setting menu has port 1 using for sonar connection.Port 2 is available
for connecting.I need to know which cable colors to connect to spectrum radio
so that the latitude and longitud are seeing on the radio.cable colors of
garmin to cable colors in spectrum to be joined are ...

Vox Maris VHF is a personal communications simulator of VHF GMDSS
equipment directed to home users or gmdss students.
You can download a demo from http://www.voxmaris.com.ar

I'm trying to connect a PC with Nav software to the I/O interface on a
furuno f100 (pc/lan serial output).  The connection is a 9 pin serial
to a standard lan cable connection (rj45).  How do I set up the PC/LAN
to accept the signal?

Where can I download ALL nav charts?  I though there was someplace on
Maptech, but can't find it..
Thanx
Hanz

I think it's time to get an Iridium satellite phone. We're gong to have way
too much time away from cell sites.
Any suggestions as to a cruiser-friendly source of hardware and airtime?
Thanks,

Is there a well known handeld device, with built in GPS receiver, that
stands up above the others? Could be Windows Mobile based.....