The first radar system I had the "pleasure" of working on was the SPS-10. C-band and 280kW POP (peak-output-power), I remember there was an interrupter on the power to the magnetron so it wouldn't set off the Kodak flash-cubes on the shopping strip at Great Lakes NTC LOL
I didn’t hear about the echo averaging feature that only Furuno has. That’s the biggest game changing feature I’ve seen on a radar from a bird locating point of view. Virtually cuts all sea clutter out making simple for anyone to locate birds. Birdmode+echo averaging. I’ve located birds 10-12 miles out with a Furuno 25kw x class.
@WharfRatNYC, thanks for your question. This is a tough one to answer, as all of our Radars utilize commercial components to last. We still see Radars from the 1980's/1990's on commercial vessels that are still working. There's a reason that Furuno Radar's continue to win the National Marine Electronics Association award for Best Radar year over year. 😉
@@FurunoMarineElectronics OK, let's simplify and keep it to 'Light Marine' for this discussion; non-IMO magentron scanners only. Pound for pound; just some examples: FR1510Mk3, 1942Mk2, DRS6AX? BTW, thanks again for the great content! Keep it comin'!
@@larrygarver1506 You're biased, LG. Switching this to 'Light Marine' to keep it an easier question, but yeah, that whole x7, specifically that 2117 punched above its weight and still does.
I look forward to future episodes of this series!
@premitive1 Glad you enjoyed it, the next episode will go live in two weeks.
The first radar system I had the "pleasure" of working on was the SPS-10. C-band and 280kW POP (peak-output-power), I remember there was an interrupter on the power to the magnetron so it wouldn't set off the Kodak flash-cubes on the shopping strip at Great Lakes NTC LOL
@michiganengineer8621 Wow, that's a blast from the past!
@@FurunoMarineElectronics Early 1980's so 40 years.
Highly interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I didn’t hear about the echo averaging feature that only Furuno has. That’s the biggest game changing feature I’ve seen on a radar from a bird locating point of view. Virtually cuts all sea clutter out making simple for anyone to locate birds. Birdmode+echo averaging. I’ve located birds 10-12 miles out with a Furuno 25kw x class.
@garrettnorris1419 Glad you learned something new! You will have to give it a try and let us know what you think.
What was the greatest X-Band radar (relative to the time period & technology) that Furuno ever built?
@WharfRatNYC, thanks for your question. This is a tough one to answer, as all of our Radars utilize commercial components to last. We still see Radars from the 1980's/1990's on commercial vessels that are still working. There's a reason that Furuno Radar's continue to win the National Marine Electronics Association award for Best Radar year over year. 😉
FAR -2117 in my humble opinion!
@@FurunoMarineElectronics OK, let's simplify and keep it to 'Light Marine' for this discussion; non-IMO magentron scanners only. Pound for pound; just some examples: FR1510Mk3, 1942Mk2, DRS6AX? BTW, thanks again for the great content! Keep it comin'!
@@larrygarver1506 You're biased, LG. Switching this to 'Light Marine' to keep it an easier question, but yeah, that whole x7, specifically that 2117 punched above its weight and still does.