Technical specification — Ray63

Operating temperature:

-20ºC (-4ºF) to +60ºC (140ºF)

Storage temperature:

-25ºC (-13ºF) to +70ºC (158ºF)

Relative humidity:

95%

Water proofing:

IPx6 & IPx7

Connections:

• 1 x NMEA 0183

• 1 x SeaTalk NG / NMEA 2000

• 1 x Front Fistmic connection

• 1 x Rear connection for 2^nd station

• 1 x Audio (RCA)

• 1 x GNSS (GPS) antenna (TNC)

Nominal supply voltage:

12 V dc (Reverse polarity and over voltage protection)

Operating voltage range:

9 V dc to 16 V dc

Current consumption:

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

• Standby: 600 mA

• Receive: 2 A

Channels:

All available US, International and Canadian VHF marine bands

Frequency Range:

156.000 MHz to 157.425 MHz / 155.500 MHz to 161.425 MHz (Private channels)

Frequency stability:

+/- 1.5 ppm

Channel Spacing:

25 kHz

Power Output:

• Low power setting — 1 W

• High power setting — 25 W

Spurious emissions:

Better than –36 dBm at 25 W (Less than 0.25 µW)

Maximum deviation:

+/- 5 kHz

Antenna impedance:

50 Ω (typical)

Receiver type:

Double conversion super heterodyne

Channels:

All available US, International and Canadian VHF marine bands

Frequency range:

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

Sensitivity:

Better than 1 microvolt EMF @ 20dB SINAD

Squelch sensitivity:

Less than —2 dBµ EMF

Hum and noise:

Better than –40 dB

Audio distortion:

Less than 10%

Receiver sensitivity:

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

• Local — 110dBm (0.7uV) @ 12dB SINAD (typical)

Adjacent channel selectivity:

More than 70 dB

Spurious response rejection:

More than 70 dB

Inter modulation rejection:

More than 68 dB

Base station speaker power output:

2.5 W (8 Ω)

Fistmic speaker power output:

1 W (16 Ω)

External speaker power output:

5 W (8 Ω)

Handset speaker power output:

1 W (16 Ω)

Channels:

72

Cold start:

< 2 minutes

Receiver IC Sensitivity:

–167 dBm (Tracking) / –148 dBm (Acquisition)

GNSS compatibility:

• GPS

• GLONASS

• * Beidou

SBAS compatibility:

• WAAS

• EGNOS

• MSAS

Special features:

Active Jamming and Interference Reduction

Operating frequency:

• GPS L1 C/A

• GLONASS L10F

• Beidou B1

Signal Acquisition:

Automatic

Almanac Update:

Automatic

Geodetic Datum:

WGS-84 (alternatives available through Raymarine MFD)

Refresh Rate:

10 Hz (10 times per second Concurrent GNSS)

Antenna:

• Internal — Ceramic chip mounted near top of unit

• External — Passive antenna connection via TNC connector

Position Accuracy:

• Without SBAS: <= 15 meters 95% of the time

• With SBAS: <= 5 meters 95% of the time