A few years ago when Satcom C was the leading edge of offshore communication a friend of mine emailed me as he sailing towards the Tuamotu Archipelago. He asked for some diagnostic assistance as his radar was losing functions. After some question and answer we determined the radar platform had flopped back and forth until several of the radar cable's conductor's stress cracked at the bending point. It was not a Questus pole/mount but a lower cost platform with an undersized stabilizer.
Once we determined it was the cable, my recommendation was to re-solder the failed conductors and lock the platform to prevent further damage. It was difficult for him to do the work underway but the concern over un-charted reefs was good incentive to persevere. Calypso's radar platform uses a power boat trim tab actuator controlled by a switch for altering its angle. The cable experiences very little bending motion. We can match the radar antenna to the boat's average angle of heel if needed. We did not change it from level during our trip around Vancouver Island. The adjustment would mostly be helpful on long offshore tacks. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leslie Paal via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 5:17 PM To: dwight; [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List dummy move and followup question let us know in a year or so how well it is holding up. I would not trust twisted wires in my home... But, Good Luck! Leslie. used to listen/talk to spacecraft a few million miles away. -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 9/3/14, dwight via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List dummy move and followup question To: "'Martin DeYoung'" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2014, 11:29 AM My old Furuno 1720 radar has about 13 conductors, some the same color but different thicknesses...I spliced them all together just by twisting the central wires together and taping the joints...takes a fair bit of time but my signal is my better and much more reliable than the old connector pieces that were supplied with the cable. The joint section is inside the boat under the settee near the base of the mast with several feet of wire to spare on either side so I could do this work in good light and without contorting my body totally out of shape...no need for shrink warp because the joint is dry inside the cabin...I feel this was easier than installing a proper connector similar to that which came with the radar unit and the repair has never failed me. Dwight Veinot C&C 35MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
