Furono's rubber band

[MarkJohnson12345]

Furono\'s rubber band

On the boat today, midday'ish, and switched on the chart plotter to look at some possible summer cruising.

Switched on the radar to 'exercise' it, dome temp should have been Ok as the sun was shining. Warm up time is a minute, which I think may not be enough. However.........

Watched the radar image for a minute or two, and was distracted by phone call.

A minute of so later, the Radar alarm staretd, 'no heading signal' or somethoing like that.

Assume the drive band has come off the motor and antenna spindles.

Same happened last year, so am able to go up the mast, take the top off the dome, and refit the drive band.

But it should not happen, temps must have been 6+ at least, certainly not below freezing.

Getting a bit fed up with this not cheap Radar/plotter Furuno 1712 set.

Last year I took it to a Furuno service agent who gave the set a good bill of health afer refitting the rubber band. It worked well during thr season.

Just as well I bougth a mast ladder last season.

 

[RMA]

Re: Furono\'s rubber band

I tried to buy one of those last year to replace my defunct 1721 but there were none in the country so I bought a Koden instead. A bit more expensive but worth every penny I reckon (at least once I had found the 'Auto' button).

 

[omega2]

Re: Furono\'s rubber band

I use our radar every time the boat is used (2/4 times a week) even in 20/20 viz. for 2 reasons 1, make sure it is working and kept it on it's toes. 2. so that I can see what it is telling me and can see with mk1 eyeball. Big ships hardly ever power theirs down, so use it or lose it.

 

[PBooth]

Re: Furono\'s rubber band

I got the 'no heading signal' on my furuno 1715, last summer after a period of not using it. I couldn't look at it at the time, so it got left. A month later, I switched it on just to try it, and it worked fine! has done ever since. I now run it regularly, even when the boat is out of the water for winter.

Peter