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Navigation/Communication

Equipment Review — Hose-McCann (continued from page 27) signal and alarm panels, alarm bells, and associated Mil-Spec items.

New products by Hose-McCann include a variety of bells, buzzers, horns, sirens, telephone equip- ment, and accessories manufac- tured in accordance with the lat- est Military Specifications.

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IOTRON cility. It provides a choice of op- erating modes: F1 for direct printing radioteletype, A1 for ra- diotelegraph, A3H for reception on conventional AM receivers,

A3A for reception by public coast stations, and A3J for reception on single-sideband receivers.

The MRU-35A (T) features syn- thesized frequency control that provides 220,000 highly stable transmitting and receiving fre- quencies in the 2 to 25.11 mHz range. The transmitter combines an advanced crystal oscillator and solid state synthesized exciter with a modern, manually tuned linear amplifier to provide large channel capability, economical op- eration, and excellent perform- ance. Rapid frequency changing and tune-up are achieved by the simplified and conveniently grouped operating controls.

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JAPAN RADIO

Japan Radio Company, Ltd. (JRC) has more than 65 years of experience in producing a broad range of marine electronics. JRC can draw on its experience and knowledge from building all types of marine electronics and produce sophisticated satellite communi- (continued on page 30)

The Digiplot line of automatic radar plotting aids is manufac- tured by the IOTRON Corpora- tion of Bedford, Mass. IOTRON was one of the pioneers in the development of collision-avoid- ance equipment, and has special- ized in this field for more than 10 years.

From the very beginning, IO-

TRON was concerned with meet- ing the mariner's real require- ments for radar plotting, and its equipment has always been based on this requirement, not on a minimum standard developed by a regulatory agency. This philos- ophy, together with 1,250 ship years' experience in automatic radar plotting, has resulted in many important features to be found in the Digiplot line of col- lision-avoidance systems.

For example, Digiplot has a fully automatic target acquisi- tion system. Some systems use "guard rings" that only acquire targets automatically at one or two ranges. Digiplot can auto- matically acquire targets wher- ever they appear within the unit's 17-mile tracking range. Other im- portant features include an en- closed cooling system to prevent salt corrosion, a built-in training display to permit training at any time, choice of 20, 40, or 60 tar- get tracking capability, and two- year warranty.

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ITT MACKAY

The ITT Mackay Marine MRU- 35A(T) radioteletype console is a complete high-frequency radio- teletype, radiotelegraph, and ra- diotelephone communication fa-

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