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01.10.2009Solar eclipse over J...
Video of a stunning solar eclipse over South East Asia was relayed via FleetBroadband by members of ...

30.09.2009New firmware for JRC...
New firmware for JRC JUE-250 and JUE-500 FleetBroadband terminals which offers a number of enhanceme...

28.09.2009New address JRC head...
Please be advised that effective 17 August 2009, our head office has moved to the following address...

16.07.2009Meet us at Europort
3-6 November 2009 Set sail to the JRC – Alphatron stand at Europort this year to discover th...

03.04.2009Meet us at Nor-Shipp...
9-12 June 2009 Set sail to the JRC – ProNav stand at Nor-Shipping this year to discover the ...

20.02.2009Meet us at DS Oslo
10-11 March 2009 Come to Digital Ship Scandinavia in Oslo to learn about how to get the mos...

26.01.2009LRIT software upgrad...
This memo is to advise customers to carry out LRIT software upgrading before conducting a Conformanc...

05.01.2009JRC FB250 terminal J...
JRC strongly recommends that FleetBroadband JUE-250 mobile terminals requiring full global coverage ...

23.12.2008Introducing FB500 – ...
On 19 November 2007 Inmarsat launched the FleetBroadband service and simultaneously JRC introduced t...

02.12.2008I-4 satellite reposi...
The first two I-4 satellites were launched in 2005 and the third I-4 satellite was recently launched...

02.12.2008Meet us at DS Cyprus
3-4 February 2009 Come to Cyprus in February 2009 to learn how Cyprus ship management compa...

30.09.2008Simply apply for ser...
Starting 1 October 2008, JRC will re-introduce the online service arrangement system, which will inc...

29.09.2008Meet us at DS Athens
18-19 November 2008 Digital Ship Athens is one of the biggest events in the Greek technical...

18.09.2008Solid State radar re...
Japan Radio Company has developed and received certification for JRC model JMA-9172-SA, solid state ...

01.08.2008JRC co-sponsors Japa...
Minoru Saito, 74, Guinness Book world record holder as the most senior person to sail around the wor...

01.08.2008Forewarning of da...
To JRC GPS users: Customers who utilise GPS date data from the GPS navigator, receiver...

20.06.2008Launch new JRC website
In June 2008, JRC, a leading manufacturer of maritime NavComms products, announced today the launch ...

29.05.2008New JRC radars recei...
Japan Radio Company (JRC) has developed and received certification for 3 new series of marine radars...

03.04.2008Opening JRC Germany
Japan Radio Company, one of the worlds longest established manufacturers in the field of marine navi...

31.03.2008Meet us at SMM
23-26 September 2008 Starting last SMM, JRC embarked on an ambitious plan to introduce new a...

14.02.2008Meet us at Posidonia
2-6 June 2008 JRC is once more delighted to present its global navigation and communication ...

12.02.2008JRC gets awarded
Our Norwegian distributor ProNav held a 2-day dealer meeting beginning of February, and traditionall...

01.02.2008JRC introduces the e...
Japan Radio Company (JRC), today launched the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) NJJ-95B Handy Search, a...

01.02.2008JRC in Greece
Maritime communications are a dynamically expanding sector, covering the need of shipping companies ...

26.01.2008Meet us at DS Oslo
11-12 March 2008 Digital Ship will be holding its conference / exhibition in Oslo in March,...

15.01.2008Meet us at DS Cyprus
5-6 February 2008 Get the first sunshine in 2008 with a trip to Digital Ship Cyprus in Lima...

31.12.2007Inmarsat A service t...
This document describes the Inmarsat-A Service Termination information. Inmarsat has already announc...

03.12.2007JRC achieves world’s...
Japan Radio Company (JRC), one of the worlds longest established companies in the field of marine el...

08.11.2007JRC at the forefront...
Officially launched on 19 November this year, FleetBroadband is set to satisfy the broadband require...

28.09.2007JRC on A.P. Moller –...
On October 2006, JRC and several other manufacturers were invited to participate in the A.P. Moller ...

21.06.2007Blue Ocean Wireless ...
Blue Ocean Wireless (”BOW”), an Irish company focused on delivering GSM communication capability for...

01.10.2009Solar eclipse over Japan shared via FleetBroadband
Video of a stunning solar eclipse over South East Asia was relayed via FleetBroadband by members of Japan's media. The total eclipse on 22 July which lasted up to 6 minutes 39 seconds across the region - was the longest so far this century - and the first that could be seen from Japan for 46 years.

JRC supplied two JUE-250 FleetBroadband terminals to Nippon Housou Kyokai (NHK) Global Media Service.

Umbral shadow
On 20 July a JRC engineer installed the terminals - one as a back-up - on board the Pacific Venus cruise ship which departed Yokohama on the same day. The cruise liner stayed near Iou Island for the eclipse to be observed in cloudless conditions. According to Nasa, the total eclipse of the Sun was visible from within a narrow corridor that traversed half of the Earth.

Easy install
The path of the Moon's umbral shadow began in India and crossed through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crossed Japan's Ryukyu Islands and curved southeast through the Pacific Ocean. The solar eclipse could be seen in Japan from 10.30 local time and NHK's video was broadcast live onto the Yahoo Japan website for everyone to see.