Comments on: The marine SSB https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/ Land and Sea Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Alex https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/#comment-4951 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:07:54 +0000 #comment-4951 I dont like touch screens in a cockpit as the water is a real issure as is the cold hand issue with IR.I have a nice waterproof keyboard & mouse coming in a few days. Im not so worried about running on solar as I believe in a yacht that runs on a well balanced alternative energy system. Splendid is almkst as green as she can be. I do need a wind genny.

As far as the monoter a proper sun shade is key. I’m putting a 10.1″ 1080 monitor at the helm, for only the helmsman to see. Super bright monitors draw a lot of power but im certainly open to ideas.

Processing power is also something that is important to me. I like running open CPN and using the climatology plugin which requires some processing power.

Im also looking at running Nobeltec again which does require some power as well.

I’m sure there is no perfect system as there is no perfect boat :)

Thanks for the input guys..

]]> By: Alex https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/#comment-4950 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:37:13 +0000 #comment-4950 Fletch, for sure. The net that I check into sometimes is on 8107 @ 13:30 zulu.

Also regarding touch screens gloves are an issue az well. Just not very practical.

My helm monoter is 90% reserved for viewing. If I need to do some work I sit in front of another monitor at my nav station.

]]> By: Alex https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/#comment-4949 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:30:27 +0000 #comment-4949 I dont like touch screens in a cockpit as the water is a real issure as is the cold hand issue with IR.I have a nice waterproof keyboard & mouse coming in a few days. Im not so worried about running on solar as I believe in a yacht that runs on a well balanced alternative energy system. Splendid is almkst as green as she can be. I do need a wind genny.

As far as the monoter a proper sun shade is key. I’m putting a 10.1″ 1080 monitor at the helm, for only the helmsman to see. Super bright monitors draw a lot of power but im certainly open to ideas.

Processing power is also something that is important to me. I like running open CPN and using the climatology plugin which requires some processing power.

Im also looking at running Nobeltec again which does require some power as well.

I’m sure there is no perfect system as there is no perfect boat :)

Thanks for the input guys..

]]> By: Devon https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/#comment-4948 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 19:45:53 +0000 #comment-4948 The HAM license is a good thing. I like the Seafarer idea of using tablets for the touchscreen interface. The only issue with that is that many capacitive touchscreens go to hell when they get droplets of water on them, and the IR ones are insensitive when you have cold hands. I like the idea of DIY screens, but it can still get expensive to get enough brightness. Perhaps if we got a pixel Qi transflective and packaged it right?

I have been building boat-PCs for a while. Started with an Mini ITX (monitor used lots of power), a FitPC 1 (low power, but monitor again sucked power), fitPC 2 (great, but no monitor), and finally a netbook. The netbook ended up the best solution. They are relatively cheap – and with a USB serial adapter hidden away in the wiring closet, could talk to everything on the boat.

Our main challenge was to run on just solar, as the wind genny was loud, and the bulk of the solar went into chilling water bottles to keep food cold, or the netbook. I am looking at a beaglebone black next time for a core always-on boat comp, and a tablet/netbook as the access unit for outside/inside cabin work.

]]> By: Seafarer https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/#comment-4947 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:36:11 +0000 #comment-4947 I sent your post about building your own electronics suite around a few websites and a lot of people seemed pretty interested.

I would love to see a waterproof tablet be used as a touch-screen interface. Do you know if this is viable yet, or are we still waiting on someone to write the code?

]]> By: fletch https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2014/03/31/The-marine-SSB/#comment-4946 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:57:51 +0000 #comment-4946 I might pick up one of those cheap SSB receivers and try to listen in on you on occasion if the ole’ ionosphere cooperates. Maybe post the cruising net frequencies you will be on when the time comes. Hope the install goes well.

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