Garmin GMR Fantom 54 Radar Open Array

Description

Features

• High-powered open-array radar
• 4′, 50 W solid-state open-array radar with pedestal
• MotionScopeâ„¢ technology detects and highlights moving targets in different colours to help avoid collisions, find flocks of birds and track weather
• Pulse Compression technology provides high-resolution imaging while maximising energy to enhance target detection and identification
• True echo trails display a fading trail to help you quickly and easily identify moving targets while accounting for the movement of your own boat
• Overlay radar on your chart screen as single display or split screen with independent range settings High-power 50 W radar with narrow beam

You get excellent close and long-range target detection from as close as 20′ to 72 nautical miles, even in fog or rain. The narrow horizontal beamwidth provides a high-resolution image, and the high antenna gain picks out weak targets at a distance. This radar paints a clear, concise image of the shoreline, other vessels and impending weather — right on your Garmin chartplotter. Get consistent target positions, excellent target separation that helps you distinguish large targets from small ones and adjustable rotation speed for fast screen updates.

MotionScope Doppler technology

GMR Fantom uses the Doppler effect to detect and highlight moving targets, then paints them with different colours to clearly display if they are moving away or approaching to help you avoid potential collisions, find flocks of birds and track weather formations. The Doppler effect is the frequency shift in the radar echo due to the relative motion of the target. This allows for instant detection of any targets moving toward or away from the radar. MotionScope highlights the moving targets on the radar display so you can navigate around other boats or severe weather — or toward fishing spots where birds are feeding at the surface.

Echo trails

A fading “trail” is left on the screen to help you quickly and easily identify moving targets and potential collision threats. Trails are corrected for your boat’s rotation when an autopilot or heading sensor is connected to your Garmin network.

Auto Bird Gain

Where there are birds on the water’s surface, there are fish below it. Auto Bird Gain helps you locate flocks of birds at the water’s surface where baitfish are likely to be found. Dynamic Auto Gain and Sea Filter settings
Dynamic Auto Gain automatically adjusts to your surroundings for optimal performance in all conditions. Dynamic Sea Filter automatically adjusts gain to changing sea conditions with user options for low, medium or high filtering. Target size
You can increase the size of targets on screen to help differentiate from noise or reduce the size to sharpen shoreline details. Dual range with radar overlay

The single radar antenna can display radar images on your chartplotter map page side by side, with independent range settings and controls for both close and long range. One or both ranges can also be viewed as a chart overlay. An autopilot or heading sensor is recommended for best results.

MARPA target tracking
Mini-automatic radar plotting aid (MARPA) tracks up to 10 selected targets, helping you keep track of other vessels and avoid collisions.

Dual radar support
This provides redundancy and the ability for each display unit on the boat to select data from 1 of 2 different radar sources.