Sonartron electronics for “Sanmar II”

The array of equipment installed and commissioned on the “Sanmar II” includes a Sonartron GPS/GYRO. This particular GPS/GYRO has proven to provide, stable, reliable and, most importantly, real-time heading and position information to any size of vessel. The GPS/GYRO will feed heading information to a Navitron NT921 MKII Autopilot complete with a stand-alone rudder command unit.

GMDSS requirements have been fulfilled with a package that includes two Icom M421 waterproof VHF’s with DSC, combining a large backlight display with simple key operations and up to 70 programmable channels. The channel selection is available from both the display and mic unit.

Crisp and clear audio is featured on the M421 from the built-in speaker. Position information will also be fed to the M421 from a Koden antenna.

A NASA Navtext Pro is the paperless unit, that is very east to read with a digital display which will allow the “Sanmar II” to receive weather information and navigation warnings.

One Icom M31 Handheld waterproof VHF is included. As with most Icoms this unit is proving very popular among Sonartron customers, with features such as self diagnosis function for internal temperature, battery voltage and water intrusion detection.

A space saving desktop charger comes as standard along with auto backlight and power level indicator.

The M31 is waterproof to a depth of 1m for an absolute maximum of 30 minutes. A Sonartron Search And Rescue Transponder (SART) and GME Float Free EPIRB programmed with the “Sanmar II” details are also fitted.

A JRC JNAV 500 GPS unit complete with 12-channel receiver has also been fitted to this vessel. This GPS is both very accurate and the display is easy to read, with large digital readout of vessel’s lat/long, while still remaining practical to the fishing sector with various selectable screens including a mini plot system, which can store up to 500 waypoints and has a MOB function.

One Sonartron TurboWin Electronic Chart System is also installed on the “Sanmar II”. This plotter runs on a Dell PC, which uses the new HT technology, complete with chart database of Ireland and Scotland, Tidal streams and ARPA module.

To compliment the new technology onboard, Sonartron has installed the 3D Module on a separate display and to give bottom discrimination and depth information to the TurboWin 3D, a Black Box JRC JFV 130 sounder at dual frequencies of 28Khz and 50Khz has been installed.

JRC systems feature strongly on the “Sanmar II” and the Black Box 130, is the latest offering in advanced black box technology from the company, featuring bottom lock, constant depth reading with bottom hardness reading, advanced gain controls, fish echo display, user selectable background colours with up to 16 separate colours to give better definition. The keypad is extremely user friendly, with most options and selections made with the touch of a button.

A Black Box radar, again from JRC, has been installed by Sonartron – the JMA 5106 Black Box Radar with ARPA module.

The 5106 features user configurable display for day or night viewing, almost all of the screen can be setup with different colours according to the user’s preference.

The truly unique slim line keypad for this radar is designed in such a way, that it has ‘one touch’ operation. The scanner speed can be configured and different profiles can be saved, allowing the user to change and save various profiles and settings easily.

All JRC Black Box equipment is purposely designed with advanced graphics chipsets, and Sonartron have installed Neovo Monitors on the “Sanmar II”, which feature a protective glass front, and tinted glass for easy viewing in hard conditions.