This is the original diagram for the 120V Blue Seas 360 panel. Scott McEniry and his team did a great job. The slight change he recommended was to substitute standard analogue gauges so that he could install a selector switch to take readings of either shore power 1 or 2.
Everything gets dismantled soon and the panels go off to be powder coated matte black.
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Recommend that you make up a communications only fuse/circuit breaker panel that is fed directly from the house battery with a dedicated run of heavy cable. Keep the panel and it's cables away from other circuits such as reefers, generators and especially inverters. Isolating the power feeds for your VHF, AIS and SSB will keep these noisy systems and the rf interference they produce from distorting your transmissions. Unfortunately, inverter whine is very common, especially on VHF.
Excellent idea. I will do that.
Thanks
Gerry
Cool. Have you made an SSB choice? And will you be running Pactor for AirMail/SailMail/WinLink?
IC-M802, most likely with Pactor.
Winlink is free to licensed ham cruisers while Sailmail costs $$. Get your amateur radio ticket before you leave to be eligible. Also get a restricted maritime radio operator's certificate, there's no examination in the US, we Canadians must take a test. To legally operate your SSB, VHF and radar outside US territories a vessel station licence (paper) is required by international law. To electronically enable the considerable DSC and AIS capabilities of your VHF and SSB transceivers, a nine digit Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) should be procured from FCC. This will place your boat on the international GMDSS database which will be most helpful to you during emergencies at sea. Boat US also issues free MMSI numbers, but these are meant only for vessels plying American waters, and will not be helpful when you take your boat into international waters. We love using VHF DSC...paging our friends privately, automatically exchanging locations, course and speed info while underway. AIS, using a MMSI enabled radio on VHF allows one to identify and call a close-by ship digitally, a call which they cannot legally ignore.
Silverheels, excellent info. keep it coming.
Thanks
Gerry
If you have bought the pactor modem... I would go with the bluetooth version. I have been running the PTC-IIex with a bluetooth dongle instead of a hardwired serial or usb cable. It dramatically reduces any RFI finding its way to the radio via the serial cable. Just thought I would mention as I have been running the modem a lot in this current trip.
Thanks Robert, that purchase is a while away, but I will file the advice.
Thanks
Gerry
Gerry,
I like Silverheels idea to eliminate wire that picks up stray RF. Bluetooth connectivity. This goes one step further. The SCS in Germany has a Pactor now that fits inside the ICOM 802. no wires.
http://www.scs-ptc.com/news/trxptc/the-trxptc-the-transceiver-integrated-pactor-modem
Thanks Patrick, duly noted.
Gerry
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