Radar JRC 1000 MkII

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stevebirch2002

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Nov 8, 2001
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Hi All

Time for you lot to give me some advice! I will be purchasing and installing a Radar in preparation for next years IFR in Germany. Any advice on where to buy and how to install (whether on the mast or on the stern). As always I am looking for the cheapest price so perhaps some of the US owners could help? I have seen one on the crosstrees of the mast and another (Arlan)mounted on a tripod fitted to the stern deck. Any ideas, tips etc welcome.

Many thanks

Steve Birch Vega "Southern Comfort" V1703

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claudiomty

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Oct 31, 2019
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Steve
In the last year I outfitted v1460 with a jrc-1000, When I bought my small
tug I robbed the radar and later bought a jrc-1000 MK II for the vega, it
was much easier to use and much more accurate with smaller objects in the
water, the sea clutter is useless in the plain 1000. For a bit more I picked
up a jrc-1500 this spring for another tug I bought. It is 10x the unit the
1000 is and it is my pick over the raymarine, furuno etc units I have used
lately. 1/2 the power drain and much better resolution. Best point is out to
say 6km it is superior to others. From 7-12km it is about even with the big
money units. From there on out all you can find is a supertanker and a
shoreline.

Hope that helps.

Claude
 
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zippydoda_captain

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Oct 30, 2019
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Hi Steve.



What do you want Radar for? If its to look out for shipping in fog/mist
then consider AIS. NASA make a unit (£220 if you shop around) that works
brilliantly. All ships over 300 tons are now required to transmit their
position, COG, speed, MSSI no. etc and you get all this plus a track of
each ship on a pseudo radar screen. For looking at Land and buoyage, a
GPS/plotter is hard to beat (even better if you have a fluxgate
compass). I believe RADAR may have had its day on a small yacht.

Having said that I do have a JRC 1000 mk1 which I installed (on mast,
dont bother with a pole up the stern) before all the new fangled
equipment was available. This was after a close encounter with a ship in
thick fog in the Irish sea. With the new AIS/Plotter stuff now available
I wouldnt bother with radar if I had my day again. In fact Im thinking
of selling the Radar as its never been used since fitting apart from a
few minutes at the beginning of each season to make sure its still
working.



Regards,

Ray.



Ray Wilton

Ship and Field Support Manager

School of Ocean Science

University of Wales (Bangor)

Menai Bridge

Angelsey

LL59 5AB



Tel 01248 382614

Fax 01248 716367
 
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xxxblister

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Oct 31, 2019
48
I thought this was a pretty interesting notion so I did a little
research. Here are a couple of links I found that yawl might find
useful. It seems the price has come down a bit. They seem to be $200-
300 US. Let's face it, most of us want radar with a proximity alarm
so we can sleep at night.





 
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