Raytheon R10xx Radar Manual

[Vivien]

Ihad a Charter Boat captain send in his radar for flat rate service. His Raymarine Rd24 analog radar was determined to have 4000 transmit hours on it! His issue, only that target images were not as crisp. Gotta love analog. I wonder what that is in Dog years?

Do you think the newer technology with BB radar will be as reliable?

Out of curiosity I typed the coordinates, displayed in the first comparison picture, into googleearth.

Radar pictures were taken in Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand !!. Interesting to see how all the little surrounding islands (6-9 nm away) are dislayed in the newer (3G) version. Great upgrade Simrad.

I have noted that Navico has decided to stay with 24RPM antenna speed on the new 3G model whilst other brands like Furuno Navnet 3D with their digital radar has higher rotation speed at lower ranges for faster display update.

After just purchasing a larger used boat for my family and I, the standard radar and pretty much obsolete plotter that came as OEM equipment on a 1999 Sea Ray Sundancer needs replacement. We travel in the Lake Huron, St.Clair River and Lake St.Clair waters, and this is often at night. The thought of colliding with the smaller boats out fishing for walleye at night is scary, and any new technology help is that much more relief. My question for you more experienced boaters is this: If you were in the need for a new radar, and GPS plotter/Nav system, and liked the 3-G reviews, what would you purchase?

Thanks,

Gary

The EU version of the Lowrance BR24 comes with the RI11 interface, at least mine did when I pre-ordered it. This has to do with more stringent electrical emission guidelines in Europe, is what I was told.

Note that the RI11 is slightly different from the RI10 as it does not have a Simnet/NMEA2000 interface but a NMEA-0183 interface instead. If you then want to hook it up to NMEA 2000 (for the fast heading input) you need a AT10HD.

This is a bit messy, but also a result of Navico coming back on its decision that Lowrance would not get MARPA at all.

i have the combination of Lawrence radar BR24 and Simrad NSE-8 with the Simrad rate compass and GPS antenna. The compass & GPS are plugged into the Simnet. The overlay is really impressive. The Lawrence radar is plugged directly into its own input port, same as the broadband sonar. As such, the radar is connectyed only by its individual cable from the 6-ft power/ethernet cable at the back of the NSE-8. When you consider this, it is absurd not to be able to simply have an extension cord to run between the radome and the base of the mast. There is no need for an interface box, nor is there any place to put it.

I have (had) a Lowrance BR24 radar unit connected to an HDS-8 MFD; however, while the boat was in transit on the trailer a low lying branch mangled it severely.

I am now planning on replacing the mangled BR24 with either the newer Lowrance 3G or 4G unit and wondering if anybody knows if I will have to replace the Radar interface cable to do the upgrade. It would be much easier using the existing cabling if it was supported since its run up thru the inside of the Radar arch making it difficult to access so utilizing the existing cable would greatly simplify the install of the newer Radar dome.

Looking at the installation manuals for the old BR24 verses the newer 3G/4G units I did not see an indication the Radar interconnect cables were different.

Any helpful insights on this question would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

Dan

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