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Cruise Shipping Annual including a

GMDSS 406

MHz satellite emergency radio beacon with a storage capacity cov- ering a full copy of all onboard recorded VDR information.

With all recording completed via the onboard VDR system online with a 12 hours "loop" meaning that the most up- to-date information will be available in the Tron VDR in an emergency situa- tion. If a vessel is on the verge of sink- ing. Tron will automatically release and float up to the surface, deploying the emergency transmitting for positioning and rescue.

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KVH Goes Digital With

TracVision G4

KVH introduced the smallest, in- motion satellite television system pro- racVision 4

Kvaerner Mas a-Yards Inc. - the experienced builder of successful ships

KVH's TracVision G4. viding the marine mobile user with the most reliable identification and tracking of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) satellites. TracVision G4 is the first sin- gle antenna system formulated to assess a range of DVB compatible satellites and transponders. The product can then accurately identify, acquire and main- tain tracking of the one selected by a mobile user.

Featuring a built-in DVB compatible tuner and easy-to-use interface, TracVi- sion G4 includes the award-winning

KVH GyroTrac sensor at no extra charge.

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LUXURY CRUISE LINERS value through quality

More than thirty successful cruise vessels in operation on the world-wide cruise market have a very special thing in common. Their birthplace is in Rnland at the highly modern shipyards in Helsinki and Turku with their state-of-the-art design and production technology.

NMEA Presents Product

Awards

The National Marine Electronics

Association (NMEA) presented product awards to 13 companies in 25 categories at the association's Annual Convention held in October.

Kvaerner Masa-Yards Inc.

Marketing and sales. Helsinki, P.O.Box 132

FIN-00151 HELSINKI, Finland

Tel. +358-9-1941, Fax +358-9-650 051

Email: [email protected] www.masa-yards.fi 1999 NMEA Product Award Recipients

Category Recipient

Best of Show Furuno CP 1650 Series GPS/DGPS

Autopilot. Commercial Simrad Robertson AP9MK3

Compass, Electronic (Tie) KVH AZ1000;

Simrad Robertson RFC35

Gyrocompass KVH Gyro Trac

Electronic Cartography, Vector C-MAP NT

GMDSS Console Furuno RC1500

GPS/DGPS Navigator Northstar 951XD

Instrumentation Raytheon Autohelm ST-60 Series

Marine Antenna Shakespeare Galaxy 5225-XT

Marine Specialty Product Raytheon NightSight

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Navigation Plotter

Navigation Software

Power Supply/Charger

Radar, Recreational

Radar, Commercial

Safety Equipment

SatComm - Data

SatComm - Data/Voice

Sonar

SSB Radiotelephone

Stabilized TV Antenna

VHF Radiotelephone, Fixed

VHF Radiotelephone, Portable

Video Sounder/Fishfinder

Northstar 961XD

Raytheon Kiwitech

Newmar

Furuno 1800/1900 Series

Furuno FR-2105 Series

Northern Airborne Technology

SEA 6003

KVH Tracphone 25

Furuno CH-34

SEA 235

KVH Tracvision 3

ICOMM127

Standard HX350s

Furuno FCV-582L

Kvaerner Masa-Yards

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