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Radar Shootout
Furuno, Raymarine score; Northstar disappoints.
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The Furuno performed flawlessly, is easy to use, and reasonably priced.
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The last radar test PS did was back in the fall of 2004, and consisted of small 2 kW entry-level radar units with 7-inch screens. This time, we decided to test 4 kW units with LCD screens from 10 to 12 inches. The units had to have a radome-style antenna in the 4 kW power rating and had to be capable of being networked into a system (not PC-type configurations). When we cross-checked radar specifications against our test parameters, we came up with a strong field of six best-sellers: Furuno’s 1834C NavNet VX2, Garmin’s 3010C with GMR-40 Radome, JRC’s JMA-5104, Brunswick’s 10.4-inch Northstar 6000i, Raymarine’s E120, and Simrad’s RA41C. In…
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