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 Electronics Columns Index

Eyes Everywhere
Adding boat cameras is easy, and we've just begun to discover all the ways they can be useful.
Behind the Screens
Sometimes it takes a village to create innovative marine electronics.
Plug Prayers Answered
NMEA 2000 really works, and it's going to make boating better.
Cruising for Hotspots
How to use WiFi to get online from anchorages and marinas.
Keys to the Kingdom - June 2005
Furuno taps MaxSea to unleash the power of NavNet.
Where's Rescue 21?
The Coast Guard may be way behind the curve of VHF technology, but give 'em a break.
Circles of Uncertainty
An encounter with electronic chart skeptic Nigel Calder.
PC Onboard?
The ever-dwindling differences between marine computers and embedded electronics.
The Enthusiast
Some guys are just nuts about marine electronics.
Gold Rush!
The state of electronics networking—so promising, yet so confusing.
A Radar-Assisted Collision
Get a better grip on the realities of electronic navigation by learning from the mistakes of others.
Problem Solver
How to find a good electronics installer.
Thank You, Mr. Gates
Microsoft alumni are gifts to the world of marine software.
Voyage of Ava T.
Lessons learned as an older boat gets a new owner and new electronics.
New Times Two
The competition is on to deliver the best live weather data to onboard plotters and PCs.
Flying With Garmin
Gary and Min want to put their electronics everywhere, including onto your big boat.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Lying handsets, wireless wireless, and other marine cellular shenanigans.
From Hand-Drawn to Databased, Part II
NOAA is going vector and free while private vendors hustle to stay ahead.
Monkey Business
Charts separate men from apes, but the path from paper to digital passes through the jungle.
DSC Revisited
It's really here, it really works, and a few savvy fishermen are taking advantage of it.
Brains in the Bilge
Can a rocket scientist make a dent in the highly competitive, ever-smarter world of autopilots?
Lifeguards in the Sky
Improvements (and problems) in the SARSAT system, and what you need to know to use it responsibly.
More to Come
Raymarine puts boaters one step closer to the truly integrated helm.
What the Heck is Navtex?
Discovering a little-known but useful source of safety and weather information, and a great NMEA repeater as well.
Peeking into the Crystal Ball
Big changes are afoot in both GPS and the marine electronics industry.
Gone Fishin’
The electronics were awesome, but the most intense processing was going on between two ears.
Chicken and Eggs
NMEA 2000 didn't go away, it's just taking a while to hatch.
Live Weather at Last
New services bring benefits of powerful Nexrad weather tracking.
CD Summer School
Three cheers for those who succeed at teaching us about technology by using technology.
Zap! Boom!
Lightning and boats: Just how terrified should you be about the mix?
Mind the Vectors
Don't let electronics get between you and the primal dynamics of navigation.
Personal Navigators
The joys and sorrows of PDA plotters.
Web Surfing at Sea
GEOs, LEOs, and $50,000 phone bills.
Stupid Chart Tricks?
Mapping developers take us into the future, whether we like it or not.
Small Smart Stuff
Furuno and Airmar squeeze large IQs into little packages.
Standards Are Our Friends
NMEA adds installation guidelines to its recent string of successes.
PC or Plotter?
It may sound complicated, but often the right strategy is both.
Jambo Jump
Electronics ups and downs on a new, fast (and cool) jet boat.
Electronic Harbor Buddy
"Ben, your boat's on the phone!"
More Marine Media
Satellite radio wasn’t built for cruising, but it may be a perfect fit.
Practical Navigators
Olde Salem, Massachusetts, meets the paper(chart)less future.
Radar Reflectors
Sometimes it pays to be a pumped-up loudmouth.
The Dark Side of GPS
Why we really, truly shouldn’t rely solely on satellite navigation, and why Loran may have a second life.
Thermal Imaging
Adventures in thermal imaging.
Cyber Electronics
Improve your Web navigation and your boating.
Transflective Displays
Your range not what it used to be? Here's the problem and ways to fix it.
Saltwater Cellular II
Boat phone nirvana is in sight.
Saltwater Cellular
Your range not what it used to be? Here's the problem and ways to fix it.
Black Magic
Throwing light on black box systems.
PC-Sick
Will the Raymarine Argonaut win over boaters made queasy by old onboard PCs?
Bright Ideas
In the world of sunlight-viewable LCDs, wits deliver the nits.
Back To The Future
An electronic plotter for paper charts combines today's technology with the tried and true.
Radio Lifelines
Onboard direction finders might help you beat the Coast Guard to the rescue.
DSC Redux
The latest radio innovation means a lot to your safety—if you read between the letters.
The ABCs of DSC
The latest radio innovation means a lot to your safety—if you read between the letters.
Now Can You Hear Me?
A cellphone solution that actually works.
PC Charting
An opinionated screen-shot show and shopping guide.
Touching Bottom
Bathymetric systems are opening a seemingly magic 3-D window to the seafloor.



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