The Furuno 1815 is a durable standalone Radar package with an 8.4” color LCD screen and stylish, low-profile 4kW radome antenna.
It’s designed for a wide variety of vessels, including pleasure craft, workboats and small fishing boats that require an easy-to-use, true colour radar at an affordable price.
This compact radar incorporates many of Furuno’s latest radar features, including Furuno’s Fast Target Tracking (TT) function, which allows the user to manually or automatically track up to ten targets.
Tracked target speed and vector display is available in seconds, making quick work of assessing hazards from approaching or moving targets.
In addition to TT, the 1815 can also display up to 100 AIS targets when interfaced with an AIS Receiver and applicable sensors.
Another useful feature is Furuno’s proprietary True Trail mode. With True Trails, moving objects will show a gradation trail of the target in their wake, making it possible to gauge the directional movement of targets at a glance.
The automatic gain reduction on the 1815 makes use of algorithms that have been refined over many decades of Furuno experience and innovation. This makes the unit second to none in clutter rejection eliminating unnecessary echoes and highlighting other vessels, buoys and objects on the sea surface, in both good weather and bad.
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By Anne-Marie Causer
