Derek from Alcom Marine worked his magic over a period of two days replacing our Raymarine radom with the new Raymarine Digital radom.  The radar itself wasn’t the problem, it was trying to snake the radar cable from the mast atop the pilot house down through a very narrow raceway full of other cables that support the KVH M3 antenna, Flir Night Vision camera, DC cables for the mast light and the Spotlight control and power cables.   There are several 90 degree right turns that proved to be difficult to navigate.  After taking apart several parts of the ceiling, walls and door frame, he finally got the cable through the maze and connected to the NMEA 2000 bus.  Ergo, the new Digital Radar is up and working with all new Raymarine software upgrades installed.  We are still waiting for Raymarine to deliver the AIS500 transponder unit to  replace the existing receive only unit.  Raymarine claimed delivery in June so now we are hoping for July.  It baffles me why a manufacturer the size of Raymarine would advertise a unit for sale that they cannot provide within the time schedule that they set.Derek/Alcom also modified the 2 inch FloTron meter so that the meter and the NMEA sending units do not remain on with the engines off which was causing the need for a reset (Consists of opening the electronics cabinet behind the helm, disconnecting and reconnecting the 2 inch meter which initiates a software reset).   So after Derek’s modification the meter and the Floscan sending units power up and you have instant reading without any problem.  Things are looking up from a Electronics perspective and as soon as the Raymarine AIS transponder unit arrives and is installed, we will finally have the boat configured the way that we want it to be.