SEVERNA PARK, Md. – The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) recently handed out its annual product awards during its Annual Convention and Exposition, October 20-23 at The Registry Resort & Club in Naples, Fla., the association reported in a statement.
The NMEA product awards recognize excellence in design, performance and reliability in marine electronics products. The awards are selected by votes from marine electronics dealers, distributors and other industry professionals.
According to the rules, each active, non- manufacturer member of the NMEA and each NMEA- certified marine electronics technician are allowed to cast one vote. At this year’s convention, there were 35 participating companies and a total of 118 nominated products, according to NMEA.
NMEA 2004 Product Award winners:
Autopilot – Recreational Simrad AP25
Autopilot – Commercial Simrad AP50
Compass-Electronic – Simrad RC36
Electronic Cartography – C-Map C-Map NT+
GPS/DGPS/WAAS Position Receiver – Furuno GP37
Instrumentation – Furuno RD30M
Integrated Navigation System – Furuno NavNet
Marine Antenna – Digital Antenna 529-VW
Marine Specialty Product – Digital Antenna DA4000
Navigation Plotter – Furuno GP1900C
Navigation Software – Nobeltec Visual Navigation Suite 7.0
Radar-Recreational – Furuno NavNet 1800/1900
Radar-Commercial – Furuno FR-2107
Satellite Communications – KVH Industries Tracphone 252
Shipboard Power Systems – Newmar Phase Three Battery Charger
Sonar – Furuno CH250
SSB Radiotelephone – ICOM M802
Stabilized TV Antenna – KVH TracVision 4
UAIS – Furuno FA-100
VHF Radiotelephone- Fixed ICOM M602
VHF Radiotelephone – Portable ICOM M88
Video Sounder/Fish finder-Recreational – Furuno FCV582L
Video Sounder/Fish finder-Commercial – Furuno FCV1100
Best of Show: Raymarine’s C120
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