Hello Larry,

If - one day, Raymarine (for any reason?) will not provide you with a
new Radome Antenna free of charge, this might be the place to get a new
one at a good price ... ;o) ... sic!

Have a nice week end! ...

http://www.amazon.com/Raymarine-E520...82225&sr=1-131

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Flemming Torp
Gimle/DEN-61

"Flemming Torp" fletopkanelbolle2rp.danmark wrote in news:45e8c4b1$0
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Have a nice week end! ...



I just think for a thousand US dollars we should get something built in a
SEALED, watertight enclosure with LOTS of screws, not 4, and with
WATERTIGHT MARINE connectors, not wires shoved under a spring clip whos
only support is the printed circuit board it's soldered to....like a
cheap keyboard from Walmart.

Case in point. There's an Icom AT-130 tuner mounted OUTSIDE, right on
top of the aft cabin house just aft of the mizzen. It came with another
travesty of quick-connector on a pigtail, but had a stuffing tube I could
use by removing the STUPID pigtail and solder the control cable wires
straight to the PC control board inside. The case has a proper o-ring
seal and LOTS of heavy bolts to hold it SEALED. I've seen the tuner
awash in spray from over the rail offshore.

The inside of that little cheap tuner looks like the day I installed it
because it's SEALED and DOESN'T BREATHE! Raymarine, sir, can do much
better for 1215 US dollars.....

Larry
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If the damned government isn't going to enforce
immigration laws, can they at LEAST park an ICE
paddy wagon in front of WalMart so I can find
a parking place?!

.. Case in point. There's an Icom AT-130 tuner mounted OUTSIDE, right on
top of the aft cabin house just aft of the mizzen. It came with another
travesty of quick-connector on a pigtail, but had a stuffing tube I could
use by removing the STUPID pigtail and solder the control cable wires
straight to the PC control board inside. The case has a proper o-ring
seal and LOTS of heavy bolts to hold it SEALED. I've seen the tuner
awash in spray from over the rail offshore.

The inside of that little cheap tuner looks like the day I installed it
because it's SEALED and DOESN'T BREATHE! Raymarine, sir, can do much
better for 1215 US dollars.....

Larry

My Icom AT-130 manual's installation instructions specify removing the
"water drain screw" which faces downward following the preferred vertical or
horizontal mounting.
I, too, always thought that was a cruel joke.
Old Chief Lynn

"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in
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My Icom AT-130 manual's installation instructions specify
removing the
"water drain screw" which faces downward following the preferred
vertical or horizontal mounting.
I, too, always thought that was a cruel joke.
Old Chief Lynn




Hmm....after I got through cursing the stupid pigtail with the OPEN
connector sticking out of the AT-130, I was in no mood to read the manual,
so didn't remove the plug....or even see a plug. I'm just disappointed
there's no fitting to put 3PSI of pressurized dry nitrogen into the
box...with a little pressure guage I can check when I want....like the old
Navy tuners had that always read zero when you looked at them...(c;

Larry
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If the damned government isn't going to enforce
immigration laws, can they at LEAST park an ICE
paddy wagon in front of WalMart so I can find
a parking place and make the checkout line SHORTER?!