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Old 02-13-2013, 09:29 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by bikeandboat View Post
Been on many trips on boats with radar, but seldom has made a difference. On one boat trip we had a commercial radar. That makes you undersand how weak the radar units are on most pleasure craft.

Brings up a question on the new 4G radars. Any experience with these? Since we currently do not have a radar I am considering one.
No personal experience yet but I have had mixed reports from very good friends..one's a marine electronics store owner/installer with ton's of experience through big ship radar who said the 3G was marginally better than HD radar and from an 2 experienced captains with many years of party/whale watcher/personal boat experience who said it was night and day....in close where us smaller guys usually need it most.

So I'm holding out till at least fall to make my decision...maybe after another summer of reports I'll have a better picture.
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