Garmin launches new solid-state marine radar series
GMR Fantom 56 & GMR Fantom 256
Garmin International has announced the GMR Fantom™ 254/256 open-array radars delivering 250W of pulse compression power. The company says this is now its highest-powered solid-state marine radar on the market.
The new series uses Garmin’s MotionScope technology to detect and highlight moving targets in different colours, helping users avoid potential collisions, find flocks of birds and track weather.
New features include scan-to-scan averaging and improved MARPA with Automatic Acquisition, said to provide improved target precision and more visibility of what lies ahead.
The Fantom 254/256 is the first from Garmin to include scan-to-scan averaging, a feature which reduces the sea clutter and interferences in the display view. Together with Dynamic Auto Gain, Multi-level target size, and Dynamic Sea Filter features, the company says scan-to-scan averaging will strengthen long-range performance and stationary target detection by eliminating the clutter that might interfere with positioning and target detection consistency.
