
SUPERYACHT #505 May 2004
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Fabio Petrone interviews Brunello Locatori, principal of Navisystem
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SAILING ANYWHERE IN BROAD BAND
Weather forecasts in real time, internet, Pay per view, TV on
demand, etc are all part of that package of services we have
become accustomed to thanks to the so-called new technologies and
which by now we would find hard to do without. In fact for some
they have become more of a necessity than a habit, services that
an increasing number of users want to access wherever they are,
even during a cruise on their boat for example.
The world of on board satellite aerials - Locatori told us - is
effectively one that has undergone truly enormous technology-
linked development, which in the mere space of a year has led us
to reach important new goals.
What is the most significant aspect of this growth?
We make heavy investment in research, around 7% of our turnover,
in an attempt to offer aerials that are increasingly more
efficient from all aspects. Each single component of our apparatus
is undergoing continual studies aimed at reaching a level of
absolute reliability in both the quality of materials used and the
package of services that can be supplied, in addition to simple TV
reception, which can be used practically anywhere the boat is. Let
us say that it is exactly this aspect that has recently received
greatest input seeing that with our aerials we can by now ensure
ever-wider satellite cover. A French or Greek client for example
is today able to make use of all services connected to the wide
band satellite signal, which for speed and quality of connection
are often superior to the normal land networks accessible from
home, even when they sail far from the coasts of their countries,
practically anywhere in the Mediterranean basin. The most
interesting thing though is that now we can offer the same service
of cover even if you decide to take the same boat elsewhere, to
America or Asia maybe, without anyone having to alter the system
afterwards, aerial included, nor touch a wire or a connector,
through the simple push of a button on the remote control.
"Manna" for owners used to sailing in Sardinia, for example and
then the Canaries or the Bahamas in the same year
All that's needed is a slightly bigger aerial; let's say from 90
cm diameter up, but with amazing advantages. Here we are talking
about super yachts where space is not a problem, even for the
installation of two "radomes" containing the same number of our
aerials working "in parallel", in this way the satellite system
becomes absolutely fantastic as the owner can use the wide band
for entertainment at the same time as all the other services
currently available with this communication system: super fast
internet downloads - 2.5 Megabytes a second for the joy of those
who download films from the net - while on board televisions
continue to transmit programmes simultaneously from both Astra and
Hot Bird, right in the middle of a videoconference organised with
people at the other ends of the earth, etc. The possibilities for
use of this communications system thus become enormous, with
maximum cover and an extremely high level of reliability,
guaranteed by our search and tracking systems and above all signal maintenance.
So, home, office or boat, there is no longer any difference in
terms of usability for certain types of services?
This is true above all for super-yachts, in fact I reiterate that
land connections are at times undoubtedly less efficient.
For further information: Navisystem Marine Electronics; via
Fondacci, 269; Z.I. Montrami; 55054 Massarosa (LU); tel. +39 0584
425454; fax +39 0584 434386; web site www.navisystem.com; e-mail info@navisystem.com.
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