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Aug 16, 2018 13:20:12 GMT -5
Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 13:20:12 GMT -5
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Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 13:23:00 GMT -5
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Aug 16, 2018 14:34:12 GMT -5
Post by Team Ruby on Aug 16, 2018 14:34:12 GMT -5
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Aug 16, 2018 14:37:46 GMT -5
Post by outtadblue on Aug 16, 2018 14:37:46 GMT -5
That's my boy!!! I knew you could do it. I great add to your boat Glen.
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Aug 16, 2018 15:37:18 GMT -5
Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 15:37:18 GMT -5
Thanks, it was so much easier than that rocker panel, which is now wired 100% correct. Now I just have to get out and use the radar to become familiar with it's functions, how to fine tune it to my liking, how to adjust the gain,,, ect.
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Aug 16, 2018 15:43:44 GMT -5
Post by Team Ruby on Aug 16, 2018 15:43:44 GMT -5
I just pasted in a picture in my previous post with a question.
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Aug 16, 2018 16:16:04 GMT -5
Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 16:16:04 GMT -5
Wow you're spying on me now that's absolutely me at my club Indian Neck Yacht Club how cool is that man I'm glad I'm not a kid anymore you can't hide anything these days..
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Post by Team Ruby on Aug 16, 2018 16:42:22 GMT -5
Actually I was testing myself. I noticed that your gps showed 16° magnetic as the heading. When I looked at the chart I thought it might be set up in north up mode. The only way to kind of verify that was to take your gps coordinates and paste them to Google Earth and see just which way your boat faces if I could figure out which one was yours. On Google it looks like your boat points closer to 80° at the dock and the chart matches the orientation of the Google image really well leading me to believe the chartplotter is in north-up. The radar image to me looks like it's rotated 90° west and would not be synced up to the chart until the boat gets moving. Once the boat gets under way the chart will swing and align better with the radar return. That's what got me to "spying", just trying to keep skills fresh, but not being familiar with the area my self-test came up not being exactly sure of what I was looking at, mental gymnastics.
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Aug 16, 2018 16:43:32 GMT -5
Post by Team Ruby on Aug 16, 2018 16:43:32 GMT -5
PS - nice working routing the cables under the T-top, you've got skills!
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Aug 16, 2018 17:41:22 GMT -5
Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 17:41:22 GMT -5
Actually I was testing myself. I noticed that your gps showed 16° magnetic as the heading. When I looked at the chart I thought it might be set up in north up mode. The only way to kind of verify that was to take your gps coordinates and paste them to Google Earth and see just which way your boat faces if I could figure out which one was yours. On Google it looks like your boat points closer to 80° at the dock and the chart matches the orientation of the Google image really well leading me to believe the chartplotter is in north-up. The radar image to me looks like it's rotated 90° west and would not be synced up to the chart until the boat gets moving. Once the boat gets under way the chart will swing and align better with the radar return. That's what got me to "spying", just trying to keep skills fresh, but not being familiar with the area my self-test came up not being exactly sure of what I was looking at, mental gymnastics. I'm impressed that's unbelievable my skills are in building not in the type of skill-set you have doing what you did to figure that out hopefully when I start to move the boat everything will switch around as you suggested otherwise there's going to be a whole lot of questions to follow up on this
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Aug 16, 2018 17:43:04 GMT -5
Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 17:43:04 GMT -5
I was unsure on how to get the cables through the canvas and then thought that would probably be the easiest point to drill through. A couple wire Ties on the crossmember and right into the tube going down into the center console I'm happy with it it worked out really well
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Aug 16, 2018 18:09:47 GMT -5
Post by Team Ruby on Aug 16, 2018 18:09:47 GMT -5
I've never installed a radar on a boat that had a heading sensor, so when you start up the radar at the dock the odds are that the radar image and the chart are not going to be in sync. That issue goes away the instant the boat gets underway. The radar is always oriented correctly to the vessel, which is why there was the arrow on the bottom to show you which way to mount it to the top. The chart however can orient in a direction different to the vessel and can be influenced even by stepping on and off the boat. The subtle movement of the gps antenna will change the orientation of the chart causing the radar and chart to be in conflict with each other. A heading sensor would resolve that issue, but you don't need to run out and buy one, just keep the boat moving forward; try running boat backwards just for kicks.
You must be feeling pretty good tonight. I know you were a little concerned about the installation, but you handled it easily.
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Post by fishnfool on Aug 16, 2018 18:29:39 GMT -5
I see the problem, did you check the magnatron fluid before install? Possibly low throwing off the orientation.
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Post by outtadblue on Aug 16, 2018 19:13:02 GMT -5
He will be asking where the dip stick is to check the fluid if you keep messing with him.
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Aug 16, 2018 19:51:34 GMT -5
Post by finatic on Aug 16, 2018 19:51:34 GMT -5
You frigging guys are making me crazy, wondering if I screwed something up.
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