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the plan can be distributed to her envoy.

Sperry is also supplying a high- reliability MK 37 gyrocompass sys- tem, as well as a 501 TR/GPS navi- gator. The 501 TR/GPs is designed to automatically select the best po- sition source—transit or GPS satel- lites—and provides the operator with an unambiguous, completely integrated navigation package.

Sperry Marine Inc. is a major manufacturer of marine navigation equipment and control systems and a leader in radar and collision avoid- ance systems for all types of ves- sels.

STANDARD

COMMUNICATIONS

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A more powerful, completely up- dated 6-watt version of Standard

Communications' popular Horizon

Hand-Phone portable radio is now available.

The Hand-Phone 6 features 160 channels in the microprocessor in- cluding 55 U.S., Canadian and In- ternational channels, 10 weather channels and 95 expansion channels (when allocated by the FCC). "This assures that the Hand-Phone will never be out of date," Ken Ungar, marine products division vice presi- dent said.

Added watertight integrity is made possible by heavy case gasket- ing, use of fewer operating controls, and sealing of internal circuits. "Fewer, logically designed controls, also make the 'Hand-Phone 6 very simple to operate," Mr. Ungar said. Push buttons provide direct- selection of up or down high-speed scan, channel 16 or weather chan- nels, high and low power (the unit provides automatic power down on

FCC required channels), U.S., Ca- nadian or International channels, and programmable scan memory.

The large, backlit LCD display shows channel, power mode and fre- quency band.

The Hand-Phone 6 measures 2 Vi"W x VA"~D x 7"H and weighs slightly more than 1 pound. It has lifetime protection with a one-year warranty covering all parts and la- bor. Additional protection is avail- able under Standard's lifetime ser- vice plan, which guarantees out-of- warranty repairs at a low flat-rate charge.

STANDARD RADIO

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Standard Radio & Telefon AB of

Vallingby, Sweden, offers the

PNW900 Navtex receiver. This

Navtex receiver has dual channels for national and international trans- missions.

All ships over 300 gross tons must be equipped with a new Navtex receiver by February 1, 1990. The

Navtex system, which has coverage in the U.S. ranging from the New

England area to the Gulf of Mexico, transmits 24-hour warnings of navi- gational and weather conditions.

The Coast Guard expects that total

U.S. coverage will be provided by the Navtex system by late 1989.

March, 1988

VIGIL

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Vigil Marine Systems, a division of Mars Electronics, West Chester,

Pa., has announced the addition of a new navigational system utilizing

GPS and satellite navigation tech- nologies to its line of electronic navi- gation instruments. The new Vigil

RX GPS Satnav combines the es- tablished capabilities of the Vigil

RX Satnav with a proven GPS re- ceiver and antenna to introduce the

VIGIL RX GPS Satnav.

The Vigil RX GPS Satnav utilizes its dual capabilities to receive sig- nals from both Transit (U.S. mili- tary) and GPS (Global Positioning

System) satellites to locate vessels anywhere in the world. In the

Northern Hemisphere, for instance, the instrument receives GPS satel- lite signals for up to 18 hours daily, with Transit satellites filling in the balance of time to provide 24 hour- a-day positioning and course infor- mation.

The GPS receiver component is designed and built to U.S. military specifications. The Satnav compo- nent is the same RX Satnav, intro- duced last year. By combining the capabilities of both instruments into the GPS Satnav, Vigil has de- (continued on page 58) jVew REASONS

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