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Bad news for everyone who's beentiyingto design a better radio than the Titan-h

We've already done it.

Standard's Horizon Titan+ is one of the most successful marine

VHF radios of all time, and the 1991 winner of the National

Marine Electronics Association's award for Design and Engineer- ing Excellence.

But now Standard brings you something even better.

Introducing the Horizon Omni.

Take a look at what you're getting with a Horizon Omni: • 6-Watt PA with listen-back • Extra-sensitive GASFET receiver • The industry's most flexible scanning options • Extraordinary- moisture inte- grity (exceeds MilSpec 810d) • Optional Voice Scrambler • Full 3-year warranty...and that ain't all.

Automatic Weather Alert.

Dangerous weather can develop in a hurry. When it does, the

National Oceanographic and

Atmospheric Administration,

NOAA, broadcasts a signal which alerts the user to switch to the weather channel for an emergen- cy bulletin.

Someday, all marine radios will have this life-saving feature.

Today, the Omni is one of a select few.

The Omni's backlit LCD — the largest in the industry — allows it to be seen from almost anyplace in the boat, even at night.

DSC: tomorrow's technology today.

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) is a technology which will change marine radios forever. With this option connected to a position re- ceiver, your Omni automati- cally sends a continuous distress call with your precise location to the Coast Guard. Now,

DSC technology can also be part of an overall security system which guards your boat at sea or in the slip. It's future technology. And

Omni has it now.

There's more.

For a free brochure, call, write or

FAX Standard. Well show you the radio today the competition will be trying to beat tomorrow.

Nothing takes to water like Horizon.

Standard

Communications

P.O. Box 92151

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2151

Telephone: (310) 532-5300

FAX: (310) 515-7197

Horizon Radios have received the prestigious National Marine Electronics

Association (NMEA) Au ard for Design and Engineering Excellence nine of the past eleven years.

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Ak-Wa, Inc. transformed a container ship into this seafood processor.

Flohr Metal Fabricators supplied the fish and crab processing lines, and the fish transfer pumps are from

Ryco. Ak-Wa added a 10,000 gal- lons-per-day water maker and two large boilers.

The Stellar Sea's generating ca- pacity is approximately 2,590 kW (3,470 hp). Twin 845-kW Caterpil- lar 5312-based sets augment the vessel's existing two 379-type units, each rated at 400 kW.

Two 300-hp and two 150-hp, am- monia-based compressors were added, as well as a 225-hp Freon compressor for the vessel's refriger- ated hold.

W.E. Stone and Co. installed the refrigeration system, and Harris

Electric was subcontracted for elec- trical work.

Three 12-ton knuckleboom cargo cranes on the foredeck were sup- plied by Seattle Crane and Equip- ment.

For additional information on the services available from Ak-Wa, Inc.,

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Willard Marine Delivers SEA

FORCE To Catalina Ocean

Willard Marine, Inc., of Anaheim,

Calif., has delivered a SEA FORCE 730 Rigid Inflatable Boat (R.I.B.) to

Catalina Ocean Rafting with USCG certification for passengers for hire.

This 24-foot R.I.B. is powered by a

Cummins 210-hp diesel engine with a Marine Drive Systems outdrive unit. The R.I.B. has a full comple- ment of electronics that includes ra- dar, VHF, depthsounder and more.

Willard Marine now can provide a

SEA FORCE R.I.B. which can be certified by tour operators.

Catalina Ocean Rafting takes up to 14 passengers on excursions around the Catalina Island.

Willard Marine, in business for more than 35 years, is the largest builder of R.I.B.'s in the U.S.

For more information on the prod- ucts and services offered by Willard

Marine,

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Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Magnavox Introduces

Enhanced Inmarsat-A

Marine Satcom

Magnavox has introduced an en- hanced version of its MX 2400

Inmarsat-A marine satellite com- munications system, which provides ship-shore high-speed data trans- mission at speeds up to 64,000 bps, and other advanced features for modern fleet management.

The high-speed data option will mean lower communications costs for ships and offshore oil rigs ex- changing large amounts of data be- tween ship and shore. At 64,000 bps, a ship can send computer files at speeds of 16 pages per second.

The high-speed data channel can be used to send compressed video, as well as data files.

The MX2400 Plus offers enhanced voice quality, as well as fax and telex capability. The system's dual

ID capability permits incoming fax and data calls to be routed auto-

Pacific fleet, was transformed from a | container ship to its present configu- ration for the Stellar Seafood Co., by|

Ak-Wa, Inc., of Tacoma, Wa.

The conversion performed for Stel- lar Seafood, which is a subsidiary of

Seattle's Seven Seas Fishing Com- pany, included the widening of the vessel's aft section, and the addition of a large new deckhouse, a new bow, a processing deck and a refrigera- tion system. In all, Ak-Wa added more than 680 tons of steel to the ship. matically without any action by the shipboard radio operator.

For more information on the MX 2400 Plus,

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Ak-Wa Converts Container

Ship Into One Of The

Largest Floating Processors

The Stellar Sea, one of the big- gest floating processors in the North