SiMON2, for iPad & "smaller" yachts
Posted on August 3rd 2010 - Ben Ellison
The press release calls SiMON2 "the first alarm monitoring system for the new Apple iPad," which seems odd given what we've already seen from InteliSea. ...
Wilson cell booster testing, on Sun Dancer
Posted on July 30th 2010 - Ben Ellison
Panbo reader Pat Harmon is cruising Alaska aboard M/V Sun Dancer and he kindly agreed to write about some gear, seen above, that's helping him ...
Gizmo bridge 2010, a shout out to Garmin ID
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Ben Ellison
While Panbo's logo is still a work in progress, check out the sharp name plate Gizmo is sporting, thanks to Garmin's industrial design department. Gander ...
Genasun & Victron, power to spare?
Posted on July 27th 2010 - Ben Ellison
That's a pair of Genasun LFP Lithium batteries that weigh a small fraction of what similar sized regular marine batteries would and offer a lot ...
DY AIS200N2K, even better than it looks!
Posted on July 26th 2010 - Ben Ellison
The picture tells a lot: Digital Yacht's new AIS200N2K is the first AIS receiver I know of with NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, and USB ...
Good gear: Gemini Marine, the strapless bimini & more
Posted on July 22nd 2010 - Ben Ellison
Did "strapless bimini" get your attention? Well, it does involve some sexy hardware, and the finished strapless product, as seen on this local sloop, has ...
Si-Tex SP36 autopilot, like ComNav’s but different
Posted on July 21st 2010 - Ben Ellison
My first reaction to a press release about the new Si-Tex SP36 autopilot -- sure to be posted at the Si-Tex site soon -- was ...
Lowrance DSI , & Navionics goes MicroSD (Raymarine included)
Posted on July 19th 2010 - Ben Ellison
Last week Lowrance announced the Elite-5 DSI and some related fishfinder/plotters, and while they're unabashedly aimed at freshwater fishermen, there's at least two things of ...
SimNet network testing, & more NSE goodies
Posted on July 16th 2010 - Ben Ellison
Years ago I gave Simrad grief for developing its own NMEA 2000 cable and connector system, called SimNet, instead of going with the DeviceNet standard ...
SRT mini AIS modules, & trouble from the East?
Posted on July 14th 2010 - Ben Ellison
I mentioned SRT's amazingly miniaturized Class B and SART AIS modules back in May, but seeing is believing. In that aluminum EMI enclosure at ...