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Sandy, the Furuno GP-32 is from the same era as the Garmin 128. Both will last forever. I must admit I never operated a Garmin radar, but I can't really think of anything simpler than Furuno radars. Really, for all the radar manufacturers, Furuno is the one to beat, the benchmark reference. I find dual range one of the more useful features for in-shore work and I find it a much better option that a single-range broadband radar because...

Somebody's had tee many martoonees...<hic>

Quote: Originally Posted by kerrydeare Sorry if my phrasing suggested otherwise. I don't understand the confusion. I thought your first post was clear. I like to use all the tools I have. If my loran hadn't died, I'd still have it on board. Why not? Since your loran provides an offset function that you see a way to put to practical use, I say take it. -dan

Wonder when the eLoran will become available to recreational sailors. There had been much chatter on it but now it seems they got stuck or something. Also, where is the European GPS ??? It was supposed to be here errrr... two years ago? b.

Hello Dan, many thanks for your help. The link to imagecfg.exe was broken when I tried it but Google found several other sources. I have since received a modified file which has also cured the problem, but imagecfg.exe will no doubt come in handy for other software that is not 100% compatible with duo core processors. This is a great site to seek help. I am so glad I joined. Regards Biggles

Quote: Originally Posted by s/v Moondancer Why would you think that the GPS position is wrong and that an old chart and loran would be be correct? Why would you think I think that? I never suggested the GPS position is "wrong." I specifically stated it does not match the chart when displayed by a plotter or computer. Quote: Originally Posted by s/v Moondancer Recent notices do not represent a recent survey with modern...

Quote: Originally Posted by s/v Jedi But 0.5 amps for 24 hours is only 12Ah... that's 15 minutes sun on my solar panels ;-) Well, it comes out to 40 minutes of sun on my panels, assuming a cooperative sun, which we don't always get at Latitude 38. But when you're also running an autopilot, a fridge, a freezer, AIS, VHF, two chartplotters, sonar, wind gauge, knot log and a stereo, there never seems to be enough sun to go around....

Nick: you pick periods in history to criticize Garmin today! You said "N2K support started with some engine dials only (not even GPS was supported!). They defended that by stating that the engine-data wasn't available on 0183." But that lasted less than 3 months, there have been 5 major (painless) updates since then, and now a Garmin GMI 10 is a better choice to read a myriad of other manufacturer's N2K sensors than...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bash Well, it comes out to 40 minutes of sun on my panels, assuming a cooperative sun, which we don't always get at Latitude 38. But when you're also running an autopilot, a fridge, a freezer, AIS, VHF, two chartplotters, sonar, wind gauge, knot log and a stereo, there never seems to be enough sun to go around. (Which is why, of course, we run a wind turbo as well.) The point here being that I don't...

Quote: Originally Posted by barnakiel There are two different black boxes from NASA - the older type and the newer one. I think the newer black box is actually white. Something like they 'added' the second channel or paralleled it or something. Some price, white color, better specs. NASA website. b. The earlier NASA units wouldn't decode class B signals although I know of at least one cruiser who modded his. They all use fast...