I'm laying out a new Furuno installation - some MFDs, AP, radar, etc. An important piece of this to me is an SCX20. Finding space for it is a problem, maybe. I've studied the separation distances in the manual.
My first choice would be to mount it on the pilothouse roof - there it would have a clear view of the sky and be well clear of any other antennas. Unfortunately it would fall just within the vertical beam width of the DRS4D-NXT. The SCX20 would be 5m from the radar.
Second choice would be on a pole, next to the radar but above its beam. However that would place the SCX20 about 2' from a VHF antenna. I do have a couple of non-Furuno GPSs mounted there currently that don't seem to have a problem but... the SCX20 manual does specify a minimum of 1M here.
Third and last choice would be to move my VHF antennas off the arch entirely, reconfigure the other electronics on the arch, etc. Urgh.
Thoughts on how likely it is that choice 1 or 2 would be satisfactory?
Thanks.
My first choice would be to mount it on the pilothouse roof - there it would have a clear view of the sky and be well clear of any other antennas. Unfortunately it would fall just within the vertical beam width of the DRS4D-NXT. The SCX20 would be 5m from the radar.
Second choice would be on a pole, next to the radar but above its beam. However that would place the SCX20 about 2' from a VHF antenna. I do have a couple of non-Furuno GPSs mounted there currently that don't seem to have a problem but... the SCX20 manual does specify a minimum of 1M here.
Third and last choice would be to move my VHF antennas off the arch entirely, reconfigure the other electronics on the arch, etc. Urgh.
Thoughts on how likely it is that choice 1 or 2 would be satisfactory?
Thanks.