RAY53 - Compact VHF Radio with GPS

environmental specifications

operating temperatur

-20ºC (-4ºF) to +60ºC (140ºF)

storage temperature

-25ºC (-13ºF) to +70ºC (158ºF)

Relative humidity

95%

water resistance

IPX6 and IPX7

connections

•1 x NMEA 0183

•1 x SeaTalkng® / NMEA 2000

•1 x audio (RCA)

•1 GNSS (GPS) antenna (TNC)

performance specification

nominal mains voltage

12 V DC (reverse polarity and overvoltage protection)

voltage range

9 to 16VDC

power pickup

• Less than 6 A at high transmission power (13.6 V)

• Standby: 600mA

• Reception: 2 A

Recipient

recipient type

Double conversion superheterodyne

channels

All available US, International and Canadian VHF maritime bands

frequency range

156.050 to 163.275MHz / 155.500 to 161.425MHz (private channels)

sensitivity

Better than 1 microvolt EMF at 20dB SINAD

Squelch Sensitivity

Less than -2dBµ EMF

hum and noise

Better than -40dB

audio distortion

Less than 10%

sensitivity of the receiver

• Distance mode — 119 dBm (0.25 uV) at 12 dB SINAD (typical)

• Local mode - 110 dBm (0.7 uV) at 12 dB SINAD (typical)

Adjacent channel selectivity

More than 70dB

spurious reception attenuation

More than 70dB

intermodulation suppression

More than 68dB

Recipient

recipient type

Double conversion superheterodyne

channels

All available US, International and Canadian VHF maritime bands

frequency range

156.050 to 163.275MHz / 155.500 to 161.425MHz (private channels)

sensitivity

Better than 1 microvolt EMF at 20dB SINAD

Squelch Sensitivity

Less than -2dBµ EMF

hum and noise

Better than -40dB

audio distortion

Less than 10%

sensitivity of the receiver

• Distance mode — 119 dBm (0.25 uV) at 12 dB SINAD (typical)

• Local mode - 110 dBm (0.7 uV) at 12 dB SINAD (typical)

Adjacent channel selectivity

More than 70dB

spurious reception attenuation

More than 70dB

intermodulation suppression

More than 68dB

speaker

Base station speaker power

2.5W (8Ω)

Fistmic speaker performance

1W (16Ω)

External speaker performance

5W (8Ω)

GNSS (GPS)

channels

72

cold start

< 2 minutes

Receiver IC sensitivity

-167 dBm (tracking) / -148 dBm (acquisition)

GNSS compatibility

• GPS

• GLONASS

• *Beidou

SBAS Compatibility

• WHAT

• EGNOS

• MSAS

special functions

Active noise and interference reduction

operating frequency

• GPS L1 C/A

• GLONASS L10F

• Beidou B1

signal acquisition

Automatically

Almanac Update

Automatically

geodetic datum

WGS-84 (alternatives available through Raymarine MFDs)

refresh rate

10 Hz (10 x per second concurrent GNSS)

antenna

• Internal - Ceramic chip is mounted near the top of the device

• External – Passive antenna connection via TNC connector

position accuracy

• Without SBAS: <= 15 meters, 95% of all cases

• With SBAS: <= 5 meters, 95% of all cases