Manufactured in 1987 by Navstar Systems, the ‘Navstar 2000 Dinghy Decca Receiver’ was made for the leisure market. This unit represents a key moment when consumer marine electronic navigation devices became accessible to non-professional boaters. The unit used Decca low frequency ‘chains’ to provide real time position fix.

The ‘2000’ series was manufactured from 1987 to about 1993. The electronics were developed by a research and development team based in Daventry, UK. The Navstar 2000 Dinghy Decca Receiver was often sold and used with either the Navstar 2000 Satellite Navigator (ZBA9314) that used the Transit satellite system, and/or the Navstar 2000L Loran Receiver (ZBA9316). Together, the three receivers cover a range of position-fixing technologies used by mariners in the period 1987-1993.