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Old 01-16-2009, 08:26 PM   #21
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Not to point out the obvious, but buying cheap equiptment only results in cheap performance. You get what you pay for, and I would never bet my life on Raymarine getting me home. Raymarine is bottom of the line entry level electronics and will likely remain that way until they put themselves out of business.
Hey Guys-
I'm not a Ray fan but help me understand what I might aspire to upgrade into??

I'm sitting on a small CC on which I put a new (at the time) Humminbird Matrix 97 (seems to have fully satisfied my needs to date)~ my thoughts were to bring a Ray-like system to introduce radar into an integrated fish/chart/radar sys

And thankfully, you have informed me otherwise.....what's a small boat to do?
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Old 01-16-2009, 09:06 PM   #22
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Wireman,
I have been using Raymarine for 9 years on my charter boat for an average of 160 days a year. They work well and the FF is unbelievable. I also have used other manufacturers on other boats but find the Ray units easiest to use as well.
Quest- sounds like low amperage. 9 out of ten time when that happens, it is low amperage, not voltage.
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Old 01-16-2009, 09:24 PM   #23
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Wireman,
I have been using Raymarine for 9 years on my charter boat for an average of 160 days a year. They work well and the FF is unbelievable. I also have used other manufacturers on other boats but find the Ray units easiest to use as well.
Quest- sounds like low amperage. 9 out of ten time when that happens, it is low amperage, not voltage.
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Steve-
Sent you an email- drop me an email back on my work email
Thanks
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Old 01-17-2009, 01:01 PM   #24
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I did not get an email. Can't figure that out
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Old 01-18-2009, 01:57 PM   #25
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