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Home-Built Yacht Carries RCA Radio Equipment A -tJL LIFETIME ambition to own a self-built yacht completely equipped with the finest radio and naviga- tional instruments has finally been realized by Walter F. Carey of Detroit, Michigan. While he was constructing his 63-foot, 70-ton yacht in the back yard of his farm at Birmingham, Michigan, Mr. Carey was giving serious thought to the radar and radio units that he would need After an extensive study of the field he concentrated on RCA equipment, on the basis of its efficiency, accuracy and economy. Included in his final selection were Radio- marine's Model CR-103 small-craft radar. Model ET- 8012-HF radiotelephone and Model AR-S709B radio direction finder. The 75-watt radiotelephone is installed in a special compartment underneath the enclosed flying bridge of the Seaquester with a remote control unit located on the bridge itself. This set provides 7 channels in the 2000- 3000 kilocycle band and 3 channels in the 4, 6 and 8 megacycle band for Inland Waterways and Great Lakes use. The CR-103 radar weighs only 400 pounds installed and features compact design to comply with space limita- tions on small vessels. It has the power (30 kw) and sensitivity to pick up objects as close as 75 yards and as distant as 20 miles. The radio direction finder is especially designed for ceiling suspension on boats where space is at a premium. The Seaquester has put more than 7,500 miles under her keel during the past year, her most recent voyage being a trip to the Caribbean. Leaving her anchorage at Radiomarine direction finder installed in the wheel-house of the yacht Seaques/er. the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club in Michigan, she traveled to Chicago via Georgian Bay, thence south to New Orleans, Miami, the Bahamas and Haiti. Discussing the recent trip, Mr. Carey said that his radar nearly became the most important piece of equip- ment on his boat. "Once, southeast of Nassau," he re- called, "some of the amateur navigators in the family got us effectively lost during the night. It was only the radar picture, showing us the outline of the different islands that enabled us to ascertain definitely our correct position." "Several days later." he continued, "we were ap- proaching Haiti in the middle of the night. I think one of the biggest thrills in my boating experience was to make landfall via radar, using the 20-mile range, just when 1 estimated we should. This was particularly im- portant because of the low power and short visual range of the beacon light on the northwest end of the island." Graduates of RCA Institutes meet in New York to form on Alumni Association to "further common interests in education and technical recognition."