Furuno 1930 connection to GPS possible?

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

My name is Jerry and I work with an old Furuno 1930 radar aboard a large sailing yacht. However, the Furuno is not connected to a gyro compass (there is no gyro on board). Consequently, ARPA doesn't work and the display is always head-up. I would like to use the full potential of my radar.

Does anybody know if and how I could connect one of the boat's GPS devices to the radar so I can see the true bearing/true vector/North-up etc.?

Any ideas welcome!

Thanks in advance!

Jerry

 

[Johnny Electron]

GPS data like Course Over Ground (COG) is not the same as real heading data and it can't be used as a substitute.