Recent content by Benbow

Thanks all - makes the decision harder! [ QUOTE ] There was some discussion on the shipploter forum on how to modify the display model to give some form of output. [/ QUOTE ] What's the shipploter forum ?

Dear All I am wondering about fitting an AIS receiver on a power-challenged boat. The Nasa AIS ‘radar’ would be ideal as it has a low power consumption. But my question is, does it also provide an NMEA output, so that it could occasionally be integrated with a PC-based plotter ? (To save power...

Sadly, Brendon is quite right and the majority of people posting on this thread are simply incapable of integrating a complex set of information. I have stayed out of it too as I find it deeply frustrating and depressing. There is even some bozo here who appears to *believe* that man is...

I regularly fly with all sorts of strange electronics in my hand baggage and have never been asked to explain any of it. This includes radio transceivers, ATUs, external drives, dozens of connectors, adaptors and power supplies etc etc. I am always asked to remove my laptop for separate X-ray...

Re: Today\'s gale Update on Schiphol if anyone is interested - well not much else to do! I am sitting in the lounge watching a row of big jets standing at the piers and just shaking in the wind. Sky is black, rain is horizontal. My plane to Manchester is still in Manchester. They say that the...

Re: Today\'s gale [ QUOTE ] even my Disco was moved by a gust! [/ QUOTE ] Ha! I just landed in Schipol on an A330 from Minneapolis. Bumpiest approach I have ever had, much puking all around me. The most amazing this was that just sitting on the ground the whole aircraft was shaking and...

[ QUOTE ] ..... Lamu near kenya for 7 days, .... [/ QUOTE ] That's Lamu IN Kenya, near Somalia! I hope you plan to fly in, the area is a little 'warm' at the moment! Amazing place though, remarkably unchanged by the significantly increased tourism over the last few years. With the exception...

I have a Garmin GPSmap 76CSx which I use for land nav. I would like to use it as a backup chartploter that I can carry with me for deliveries. I know almost nothing about charting options and would appreciate advice on what my options are. I need charting of S and E coast of Africa. I see this...

[ QUOTE ] We must be the only country on Earth which can simultaneously have a hosepipe ban and a flood warning in the same place. [/ QUOTE ] Well that is the classic preediction of many global warming models. UK water storge capacity is very limited. and water is predicted to come in...

[ QUOTE ] The piont about seperating AC/DC earths is not an electrical one its machanical. If you use something like a common block or stud for both and it comes adrift for any reason you have both earths connected but NOT grounded which could result in all the dc kit going 230v live if you get...

Yes there are several programmes that will do this for you. I use SeaTTY. But there is a huge disadvantage vs a dedicated little box - you need to keep a PC connected to your radio waiting for the transmission and consuming power. Unless you also want Wx fax and TTY, I would get a dedicated...

here Go to 'publications'.

[ QUOTE ] Also check that the DC neg and AC grounds are seperately grounded but also bonded to the zinc. [/ QUOTE ]

But you know that if they became yotty fashion accessories, James and Jocasta would use them in the Solent 'to be safe'; thet already turn on everything else they have including masthead tri with steaming light and deck-level nav lights.

Why would anyone mess about with a white flare ? You can get a 1 million candle power hand-held spotlight for the cost of 1 flare, it can be re-used and is available quicker and with much less drama. I always have one to hand in the cockpit at night. But if masthead strobes proliferate, then...