In Praise of AIS On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:09:01 -0700 (PDT), "tsmwebb@"
<tsmwebb@> wrote:
>On Aug 1, 5:57 am, "Armond Perretta"
><newsgrouprea...@REMOVEbigfoot.com> wrote:
>> I have had miles of wire and tons of electronics on my small sailing boat
>> for quite some time, but only recently hooked up an AIS receiver (Smart
>> Radio 162 feeding Capn 8.3))...
>
>I am in the middle of hooking up my new AIS system. I have an
>AISWatchmate hooked up to an SR 161 and have a pile of wire, solder
>and DB9's on my desk. As soon as I deconstruct the furniture and pull
>the wire I should have a computer link. Meanwhile I have the
>Watchmate working. It was picking up 89 targets last night out to 80
>miles while sitting at the dock here on the East shore of SF Bay. The
>combination of the antenna splitter, 161 and watchmate take so little
>power that I can't detect it over the noise with my clamp on amp
>meter. All in all, it seems pretty cool on first blush.
>
Who makes the Watchmate, and where can you get it? |