catch22
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Saw this on Craigs list.
Custom Radar mounts - http://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/1422111289.html
Custom Radar mounts - http://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/1422111289.html
catch22 said:NOTHING ELSE MATTERS said:LUNDINROOF said:Your pictures show a great installation and a professional job. This may become obvious to me after I pick the boat up, but where did you run the antenna and power wires from the hard top to the console? Did you use one of the pipe columns as a conduit?
I run all the wires in the radar pod which at the bottom there is a hole, then thru the t-top and right under it Grady has channels for all the wires of the speakers and lights, then in the electronics box and from there in the pipe down to the helm area. When i did that, i left a pull line inside every channel and pipe for future use.
Was there a "pull" line in one of the pipe legs already... from the factory?
Most mfr's put them in, for add-ons.
LUNDINROOF said:Does the antenna for the GPS have to be installed above the radar antenna?
LUNDINROOF said:LindenR:
I think your idea of using mushroom antenna's is the solution to my problem. I have a bridge clearance of 13 ft. and want to stay at 10 ft above water line if I can. The 283 is already listed at 9 ft. bridge clearance so I was afraid that if I put the radar antenna on a stand and then added gps antenna above that it might create problems. Three feet may seem like a lot of leeway but with some of our high spring tides combined with 10 inches of rain north of us can make the reported 13 ft seem a little close.
Your idea of using a piece of cardboard will also help. I would think, however that if a mushroom antenna anywhere on the hardtop is in the path of the radar, the top itself would cause a shadow or interfer with the signal.
From prior posts, I can see that I will have to adjust the unit to show objects directly ahead on the center of the screen. So, that is a horizonal adjustment, is there a veritical? If I make the radome level at the dock or on the trailer, it will not be level at 25 mph and will be different at 40 mph.
Maybe when I get the unit and read the installation instructions all these questions will be answered. Like I said, I have until spring (February here) to get all these questions answered.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Ed
LUNDINROOF said:Catch22:
I have a local welding shop that will fabricate a aluminum base from scrap angle at whatever height and angle I want for $50. I cannot understand why they want $100+ for a wedge and almost $400 for a base.
Maybe I need to give up roofing and go into the weggie business.
BobP said:Be careful with too much tilting down on radome especially if you want to see to the stern and quarter stern when drifting, and don't place it too far back unless raised, the front lip of the hardtop may block vision when you are close to but off plane in rough water.