Radar scanner compatability

[bg9208]

Last time I cruised seriously was 30 years ago, I am just about ready to buy a new cruiser and start again. All the new technology leaves me with a couple of questions to which I have been unable to find answers: 1) Can any make of radar scanner interfaces with ANY radar display (eg. Garmin scanner and B&G radar screen), if not generally, are there any which are swappable? 2) If the answer to question 1 is YES, can a scanner feed a PC display given the correct software?
3) I am aware that it is possible to overlay radar displays with chart displays but is it possible to overlay with Google earth?
TIA

 

[ColinR]

No; some scanners are compatible with several instruments from the same manufacturer but on the whole I found that the scanner is specific to the instrument. You can sometimes get secondhand instruments but the problem is getting the right scanner for it.
Colin

 

[PCUK]

Raymarine scanners aren't even compatible with some of their own displays! And the support nerds can't tell you which is which!

 

[mixmaster]

No bg. All bad news i'm afraid. Each manufacturers radome works with their displays only (and even then not every radome will go with every display). A rodome can feed a PC directly (eg. Nobeltec) but it has to be a specific radome designed for this. You can also network certain radar displays with a PC (eg. Furuno) but you need both the radar display and PC (my set-up).