Maritime Reporter, October 1993

<BODY> <div> Skanti Offers Full Range Of GMDSS Equipment Skanti, a Danish company estab- lished in 1965, offers a full line of GMDSS equipment designed for easy operation. The company backs all of its prod- ucts—which include the Skanti PC 9000 personal computer, designed for the marine environment and compliant with the GMDSS specifi- cations; and the TP2 EPIRB, for COSPAS-SARSAT satellite search and rescue system—with a world- wide service network. Skanti exports 95 percent of its production and is reportedly the larg- est manufacturer of HF-SSB Ma- rine Radiotelephones in Europe. For additional information on Skanti, and the company's full line of products, Circle 16 on Reader Service Card Jotron Supplies GMDSS Emergency And Onboard Communication Equipment With its 30 years of experience as a leader in the latest technology of reliable maritime life-saving equip- ment, Jotron Electronics A.S. sports a full line of communications equip- ment backed with a network of trained agents worldwide for ser- PATHFINDER/ST ARPA: 34-cm or 25-cm PPI's (16 " or 12" diagonal CRT IMO equivalents), provide automatic tracking of up to 40 targets with vectors and readouts for most dangerous 20. Have auto and manual acquisition, and unique trial maneuvers. PATHFINDER/ST TM/EP: 34-cm or 25-cm PPI's (16" or 12" diagonal CRT IMO equivalents), have True and Relative Motion displays. Electronic Plotting, course, speed, bearing, range, CPA, and TCPA for two selected targets. Raytheon PATHFINDER7ST Radar. Superior Technology Provides Superior Target Detection. True Motion with Electronic Plotting or ARPA. Raytheon sets radar performance stan- dards for the 21st century with technolo- gy breakthroughs that virtually eliminate noise, interference and clutter, while rec- ognizing and displaying even weak tar- gets typically lost on other radars. The heart of this improved radar system is Raytheon's exclusive five-stage signal processing...we call it Superior Technology. ST for short. Combined with higher performance transmitters and receivers, and the latest raster displays, ST provides performance levels never before available. Now, with PATHFINDER/ST, your vessels-and their crews-can have an important extra mea- sure of safety and efficiency, including a unique Safety-Coded CPA Circle, which shows course selections for safest CPAs. PATHFINDER/ST is available as an ARPA or a True Motion/Relative Motion display with Electronic Plotting. These displays can easily retrofit the displays in older Raytheon Bright Display Radar Systems, and can be high-performance repeaters for radars of most other manufacturers. Comparison Tests Prove PATHFINDER/ST Radars See What Other Radars Can't. In side-by-side comparison tests, a PATHFINDER/ST display and a conven- tional radar display were connected to the same radar system. PATHFINDER/ST consistently displayed targets not detec- ted by the conventional display. Near-Perfect Target Detection. Using increased signal-to-noise levels, high dynamic range, precisely matched pulse bandwidths, and exclusive Rain Rate circuits, PATHFINDER/ST receiv- ers faithfully capture target returns even in severe clutter. PATHFINDER/ST multistage processing analyzes, compares, tests, and samples the received signal so that all detected targets, no matter how weak in signal strength, are distinguished from clutter and clearly displayed. From the control panels through the computer, transmitter, and receiver-and then in five steps leading to the CRT- Raytheon's exclusive Superior Technology provides sharp, bright radar pictures virtually free of clutter. Tnmltter ^Hf" PATHFINDER 1ST SIGNAL PROCESSING | tow ProcKMrj IScMCMKiHrj | Field Processor j Cnpter 3- Contrcl Panels o Simple Installation and Flexible System Configuration. PATHFINDER/ST Radars satisfy a very wide range of installation and operating requirements. Signal multi- plexing reduces connections between PATHFINDER/ST receivers and dis- plays. This, combined with electronic interswitching for dual systems, the abil- ity to mount transceivers "up" in antenna pedestals, or "down" in separate cabi- nets, and keyboard entry of all set-up parameters, makes any installation straightforward, simple, and economical. In addition to having the optional IMO- required, antenna-mounted performance monitors, PATHFINDER/ST Radar soft- ware provides menus for extensive self- testing of virtually every function. RAYTHEON MARINE SALES AND SERVICE COMPANY Elizabeth Way, The Pinnacles Harlow, Essex CM19 5AZ UK (0279) 444244 Telex 81444 Telefax: (0279) 444223 RAYTHEON MARINE COMPANY 46 River Road Hudson, NH 03051 USA 603-881-5200 Telex 681-7529 Telefax: 603-881-4756 Raytheon vice and support. One of its many products, the Tron VHF is designed in compliance with the GMDSS. It is a six-channel transceiver which is water- and oil- resistant for five minutes at a one- meter depth. For additional information, Circle 23 on Reader Service Card USCG Releases Manual On Fatigue Avoidance The U.S. Coast Guard released a report which synthesizes the state- of-the-art in fatigue technology as it relates to the marine field. The book includes in-depth presentations of the methods used in modeling the loads from wind and waves, linear system response to random excita- tion, stress concentration factors, vortex shedding and fatigue dam- age calculation. For a copy of the new book, contact: Ship Structure Committee, U.S. Coast Guard (G- MI/R), 2100 Second St., S.W., Wash- ington, D.C. 20593-0001; tel: (202) 267-0003; fax: (202) 267-4677 Motorola's LGT 1000™ GPS Terminal Doubles As DGPS The LGT 1000™, Motorola's hand- held global positioning system/geo- graphic information systems (GPS/ GIS) terminal functions as both a traditional differential GPS refer- ence station, and a field data collec- tor. Differential GPS (DGPS) en- ables users to achieve vast improve- ments in accuracy over standard GPS. In addition, the LGT 1000's customized attribute collection ca- pabilities make it ideal for inven- tory management applications. For more information on the LGT 1000 from Motorola, Circle 17 on Reader Service Card Zodiac Adds Cabin To Rescue Boat, New Models New for 1993 from Zodiac is a cabin model 733 patrol and rescue boat and two new models of life rafts for USCG approval. The Zodiac Hurricane 733 outboard model res- cue and patrol boat has been popu- lar as a high-speed response craft with many services, and is now avail- able with a cabin, which provides protection yet does not affect the boat's performance. The Zodiac Hurricane 733 is 24-feet and ca- pable of carrying 18 people. For more information on Zodiac, Circle 84 on Reader Service Card Unitor's Unifog: Signals New Generation Of Fire Fighting Unitor's new waterfog fire fight- ing system for ships, Unifog, utilizes both new and existing technology to take shipboard fire protection into the 21st Century. Developed jointly by Norway's Unitor and Germany's Specifications subject to change without notice. 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