Sailing Catamaran: Problem with our SSB Radio, we need your help.

Countries visited by boat

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Antigua & Barbuda.....61 nm

Australia...........1239 nm

Bahamas.......2009...529 nm

Bahamas.......2012...607 nm

British Indies

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2009..........45 nm

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2012.........478 nm

- Montserrat..........33 nm

Canary Ialands.......172 nm

Cape Verde.............5 nm

Colombia.............293 nm

Dominica..............37 nm

Dominican Republic...293 nm

Equator

- Galapagos............5 nm

Egypt................846 nm

Eritrea..............273 nm

Fiji...................5 nm

French Indies

- St-Marteen.2009....103 nm

- St-Marteen.2012....103 nm

- St-Barth............19 nm

- Guadeloupe.........124 nm

- Martinique..........67 nm

French Polynesia...1,043 nm

Grenada...............85 nm

Greece...............558 nm

Gibraltar.............37 nm

Indonesia..........1,656 nm

Italia...............672 nm

Malaysia.............449 nm

Maldives...............5 nm

Netherlands Antilles

- Bonaire............ 44 nm

- Curacao............ 63 nm

- Aruba.............. 55 nm

Maroc................146 nm

Panama...............692 nm

Puerto Rico (US).....222 nm

Samoa..................5 nm

St-Kitt and Nevis.....61 nm

St-Vincent............80 nm

Singapore.............47 nm

Spain................818 nm

Sri Lanka..............5 nm

Sudan................337 nm

Thailand ............166 nm

Turkey...............419 nm

USA................1,760 nm

Vanuatu................5 nm

Venezuela............391 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2009.......21 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2012......107 nm

Virgin Islands (US)...21 nm

Yemen................457 nm

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46 countries......15,764 nm

Ocean Passages

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Pacific ocean

- Panama to

....Galapagos.......880 nm

- Galapagos to

....Marquesas......3050 nm

- French Polynesia to

....Samoa..........1179 nm

- Samoa to

....Fiji............574 nm

- Fiji to

....Vanuatu.........711 nm

- Vanuatu to

....Australia.....1,320 nm

Indian ocean

- Darwin to

....Kupang..........476 nm

- Thailand to

....Sri Lanka.....1,150 nm

- Sri Lanka to

....Maldives........457 nm

- Maldives to

....Yemen..........1503 nm

Atlantic ocean

- Rabat Morocco to

....Canary Islands..459 nm

- Canary Islands to

....Cape Verde...s..866 nm

- Cape Verde to

....Antigua.......2,111 nm

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3 oceans.........14,736 nm

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Problem with our SSB Radio, we need your help.

Since the beginning of our trip our marine SSB Radio ICOM M710-RT is giving trouble and we need to find a place to get it repaired. Since we are going to be in Curacao for almost three months it would be a good time to send it to a repair shop if we can find one. If you know a place that can repair that kind of HF radio could you please send us their contact information so we can contact them? chocoboontrip@gmail.com. We’ve looked at this problem for the past year and all the installation, ground and antenna are sound. We receive relatively clear but the problem seems to be in the transmission. I use a SWR meter to measure the SWR and the output power and get a SWR of 7 (huge reflection) and an output power of only 4W instead of 60W. To be sure the antenna or the tuner is not the problem I managed to get a 50 Ohms dummy load while in Martinique and I still get the same results. The only possibility that I can think of at this point is that the transmitter output stage is damaged and needs to be repaired. We tried to find someone to help with this but couldn’t find anyone in the Antilles and we now have to find a place to ship the device to. It is hard for me to search for this from the south of the Caribbean Sea and this is why we ask your help in that matter. Thanks.

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Problem with our SSB Radio, we need your help.