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Date:Sun, 29 May 2022 02:52:00 GMT
Waiting and Working
Work on the Nav Station is beginning
The last week has been busy taking apart the nav station and trying to
integrate all the navigation and sailing systems or replacing them.
We have an old Hydra 2000 system with analog inputs from depth,
wind etc and it's working fine but we're having troubles interfacing it with
our newer B&G system. So We have the autopilot, the compass, and the chart
plotter on nmea2000 and the Hydra2000 on analog serial network. It is
supposed to output nmea0183 but we haven't been able to get it outputting.
It's a shame to take out this perfectly good racing system but it's only
beeing used for depth and wind at the moment. Everything else is being run
by the Zeus T12 system. If I can get it to send nmea0183 to the T12 then
I'll leave it in. Otherwise I need to replace it with nmea2000 sensors and
masthead unit.
We purchased an icom 803 and AT140 HF/SSB radio system and just got our FCC
station license and new MMSI number. I found the old Coax (RG8) that runs
to the stern for the antenna tuner and now I'm making sure it has enough
power. It needs 30 amps and I think it is on a 15 or 20 amp breaker. I
have to check before we use it full power. Our new call sign is WDN2128 so
if you hear us out there please say hello!