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Anyone who has travelled at speed in even a moderate sea in a small vessel fitted with a crew intercom will know of the significant advance in safety and comfort that such a system allows.
As speed increases so does wind and engine noise and well before operational speed is reached ordinary conversation becomes impossible. Crew members are obliged to move very close to one another and shout. Not only is this uncomfortable but it is dangerous since in anything other than a flat calm the boat is subject to sudden and violent motion. This can easily cause collision and skull injury between crewmembers. There is also the possibility of falling overboard.
With a RibCom intercom system, crew can converse clearly and comfortably from their normal position within the boat. Thanks to the noise reducing technology of the microphones, wind and engine noise are much less over the intercom than the surrounding environment.
This makes the whole experience more pleasurable and safer.
A RibCom is a worthwhile investment in comfort and safety for your boat
The RibCom and the GCom are both full duplex wired intercoms. The RibCom is intended for Marine use whilst the GCom although having the same technical features is not waterproof.
The term full duplex means that communication is available at all times between two or more users, for instance a phone line as opposed to a radio transmitter which for the most part only allow one user to speak at a time. The others must wait until that user has completed their transmission before one of them can make their reply.
The RibCom enclosure, controls and cable entry glands are waterproof to IP67 The system is suitable for use in wet and noisy environments. The RibCom comes with mounting plates for easy installation
An important safety feature of the the RibCom is the pull free in line waterproof plugs and sockets to the crew headsets. This allows the crew to detach themselves from the system in the event of an emergency or boat inversion.
The RibComRT interfaces to a radio. By applying pressure to the Press to Talk pad (PTT) the intercom traffic will be transmitted over radio or other broadcast medium.
In effect the radio will act as an additional member of the intercom circuit and so whatever traffic is received over the radio will be made available to all the intercom users and so improving the situational awareness of the crew.
When ordering a RibCom or GCom the following descriptors should be used
Item name ie RibCom, followed by the number of users. The standard is two but up to a maximum of four can be specified and lastly RT if the intercom is to be interfaced to a radio and the radio type.
A standalone three person intercom would be described as a RibCom3.
A two user intercom interfaced to a Simrad HT51 would be described as a
RibCom2RT-HT51
Simply plug the additional RibCom into the accessories socket on the right hand side. Like the standard unit the slave can have up to a maximum of four users. Another installation for example might be a RibCom2 and Slave4 this would be sufficient for six positions
