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Marcus AAkesson

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DAMMIT ICOM WHY SO CHEAP?!!

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:58:59 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

"Sailor RT4822 includes a transceiver unit and a handset. The
SPARC-BUS interface, an advanced balanced data and AF interface, can
be used to interconnect multiple control units and for exterior
computer based control/programming options."

OH BOY! Another incompatible, non-communicating data protocol that
won't talk to anything else on the boat! Who else uses Sparc (besides
Sun, that is)??

Completely irrelevant. This is like asking what kind of protocol icom
and others are using in their microphones with control buttons, it's
not meant to be interfaced to any other equipment than a secondary
control post.

I do see there's a secondary NMEA interface back there, somewhere,
though.

Exactly, open standards for You....

The other problem you'll have is SERVICE.....

Why? There are 9 locations listed.

Texas
Alabama
California
San Francisco
Florida
Louisiana
New York
Virginia
Washington

They hardly ever break anyways.
They wouldn't be one of the top choices for the commercial fleets if
they needed service often. Quite the opposite, Sailor radios are known
to just work for decades without a glitch.

/Marcus

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