The Raymarine Magnum 12kW Pedestal with VCM100 (E70487) is the core drive unit and high-power transmitter for the Magnum open-array radar series. This standalone product configuration includes the heavy-duty pedestal housing the 12kW magnetron and the required VCM100 Voltage Converter Module, allowing mariners to pair the unit with either a 4ft (E70490) or 6ft (E70491) antenna array.

Key Performance Capabilities

• Massive Pulse Power: Features a 12kW peak output X-band magnetron transmitter that easily cuts through dense fog, torrential rain, and heavy sea clutter to reveal targets that lower-wattage arrays miss.

• Maximum Range Output: Delivers an impressive operational tracking scale of up to 96 nautical miles, ideal for blue-water crossings, tracking distant storms, and identifying coastal landfalls early.

• Advanced Beam Sharpening: When paired with a Magnum antenna, the pedestal utilizes digital target boosting to reduce the effective horizontal beamwidth to less than 1°, providing surgical target separation and map-like shoreline detail.

• Superior Bird Mode: Employs advanced automatic gain adjustments to clearly isolate low-flying flocks of sea birds up to 10 nautical miles away, leading offshore anglers straight to baitfish.