Ship Electronics Suite

An integrated bridge system with dynamic positioning capability ensures track line; course, speed, and heading are maintained during scientific operations. Centralized controls for fishing systems, ship speed and maneuvering are provided at the Aft Control Station (ACS) on the bridge. Speed and maneuvering controls are also located at the main bridge console and at the two bridge wings. Ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore voice, fax, and data links are available. There is a broad range of acoustical gear for various fish finding/net trawl configurations also onboard.

Navigation

• Integrated Electronic Chart Display Information System (ECDIS)
• Furuno X-Band Bridgemaster Radar with ARPA & AIS
• Furuno S-Band Bridgemaster Radar with ARPA
• Furuno FE-700 Navigational Echo-Sounder
• 2 LEICA MX-420 GPS receivers
• 2 digital gyro compass
• Magnetic compass binnacle

Communications

• 2 SAILOR VHF-DSC transceivers 
• 2 SAILOR GMDSS HF Single Side Band radios
• 2 Nera Saturn INMARSAT B voice/data channels
• INMARSAT C Maritime Capsat transceiver
• Panasonic Wavetalk 1000 Satellite Phone
• Iridium Satellite phone

Acoustics

• 5 Simrad EK-60 GPT Multi-Purpose Transceivers @ 18,38,70,120, & 200 KHz
• Simrad SM-20 Multi-Beam Sonar @ 90 KHz
• Simrad ME-70 Downward-Facing Multi-Beam Sonar (Installation of rack units pending)
• Simrad FS-20 3rd Wire Netsounder
• Simrad ITI Trawl Eye
• Simrad ES-60 Echo Sounder @ 18 KHz
• Furuno CN-24 Color Net Recorder
• RD Instruments Ocean Surveyor Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

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