"b393capt" wrote in
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4 units. Wow. What's the average life ?



A year or two. So far, Raymarine has been replacing them, as they did the
Raystar 120. Can't complain about the tech support...but wouldn't it be
better to fix the design? I notice the new radars on the dock are now in a
different case, but still have the drain tit sticking out the bottom,
instead of a pressurizing, SEALED radome. I don't understand it...??

Sitting in the muck at the bottom of the mizzenmast the 2KW radome is
mounted on is an Icom AT-140 HF antenna tuner for the insulated backstay on
the main. Its plastic box is SEALED with many screws and a rubber grommet.
It has been awash in water since we got it, seawater spray offshore. The
inside of it is as shiny new as it came to us. Why can't radar
manufacturers use a SEALED radome with proper SEALED stuffing tubes that
doesn't breathe in the muck and rot the guts? How silly....like the stupid
push-to-open wire clamps the control cable on the radome has inside it,
also in the muck....(sigh)

I'm not asking for proper dry nitrogen pressurization....just something
that SEALS and doesn't BREATHE! Changing radomes sucks!

Larry
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