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Article: Electronic displays take on new dimensions. (marine electronic displays)
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- Trailer Boats
- Article date:
- March 1, 1994
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Your onboard marine electronics have an extremely important feature that may go unnoticed when you're deciding what type of new equipment to purchase next. Whether it's radar, GPS, chart plotters, or a depth sounder, there is no more important feature that the unit's display. If the display can't be seen easily, your new electronic gadget will be disappointment in use.
Illustrating the point is the experience of a friend of mine. Aboard his 25 footer and in patchy fog, he was in contact with a large vessel that had shown up on his radar. The skipper told him to switch from Channel 16 to Channel 13 for instructions on his intended course. However, once my friend ...