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ELECTRONICS

UPDATE

Raytheon Marine Introduces

A Combination Loran

With Raster Scan Plotter

New Low-Cost Weather Chart t

Recorder From Alden Doubles

As Computer Printer

Alden Electronics, Inc., Westbor- ough, Mass., recently announced the introduction of the Alden Fax- mate™ Weather Chart Recorder.

The Faxmate is one of the lowest- cost recorders of its type on the market.

According to Armand Bou- chard, Faxmate product manager, "Alden is introducing the Faxmate to provide an economical means for all mariners to be able to acquire vital weather and oceanographic charts while underway. As an added bonus, the Faxmate can double as a printer for an IBM PC or compati- ble computer, since it features a standard Centronics interface."

Designed to operate with any HF or ham radio, the Faxmate provides mariners with surface analyses charts which show current locations of storms as well as prognoses which predict the indicated speed and di- rection of these storms. Many trans- mit sites now broadcast sea surface temperature, mixed layer depth and the location of warm and cold water eddies which are so helpful in locat- ing various species of fish.

The Faxmate complements Al- den's current line of Marinefax re- corders which have won the coveted

National Marine Electronics Asso- ciation Award for reliability and

The low-cost Alden Faxmate Weather Chart

Recorder doubles as a printer for onboard computer. performance for the last eight con- secutive years.

For further information and free literature on Alden's Marinefax re- corders,

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Northwest Marine Gets $4.8-Million Contract

To Drydock MSC Oiler

Northwest Marine Iron Works,

Portland, Ore., was recently awarded a $4,775,510 contract by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift

Command (MSC) to perform the drydocking and maintenance over- haul of the fleet oiler USNS Kawi- shiwi (T-AO-146).

Raytheon has introduced a com- bination Loran with Raster Scan

Plotter. According to the company,

Raytheon's new Rayplot 700 and 700L Raster Scan Loran/Plotters make it easy to plot and tract a ves- sel's location and route on ultra- bright, 7-inch electronic charts.

And, the company reports, Ray- plot's high-capacity memory cards enhance its electronic charts with land areas "shaded" to clearly dif- ferentiate between land and water.

The credit-card-sized ROM or

RAM cards (Read Only Memory/

Random Access Memory) slip into the front of the Rayplot display units. ROM Chart Cards (4,000 points of memory) provide electron- ic charts digitized from NOAA charts. Readily available for all ar- eas having Loran-C coverage, they show shorelines, landmarks, and navigation aids. The RAM Store/

Recall Cards (4,100 point memory capacity) let operators modify and save charts which are customized with event marks, waypoints, and other important navigation data. In addition, an internal memory of 4,100 points consists of four groups of event/destination marks with up to 500 points each, plus 100 points for waypoint memory. Five-year lithium batteries provide memory backup.

The Rayplot is available as a plot- ter only (Rayplot 70000 or plotter with built-in Loran-C receiver (Ray- plot 700L).

Raytheon's Rayplot 700 and 700L have passed Raytheon's tough envi- ronmental tests for shock, vibration,

Raytheon Rayplot 700L Raster Scan Lo- ran/Plotter. temperature extremes, and resist- ance to corrosion. Installation of these compact units is simple. They can be mounted on table-top, bulk- head or overhead, in any protected area not exposed to rain or water spray. Raytheon offers a two year limited parts warranty with one year free labor from its worldwide service network.

For more information and free lit- erature from Raytheon Marine

Company,

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Houston Marine Services

Acquires Economy Boat's

Gulf Coast Operation

Houston Marine Services, Inc. (HMS) of Houston, Texas, recently announced it has purchased the operating assets of Economy Boat

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