Recent content by JeffRobbins

Yes, we're shipping to UK and Europe. And many more are in transit. And yes, adding either a wireless or wired handset is all you need to make it a VHF. More detail.... M1 is an AIS B/SO with Wifi and cellular. It uses the same Cortex on-board and monitoring apps. It has the same smartAIS...

Thanks for the kind words about our support. Carib... I just checked and we do still have some spares that would likely solve your problem. Please get back in touch with support and reference me. Jeff Robbins Vesper Marine

Martin, if for some reason you didn't get the USB cable with your XB-8000 and need one... send an email to support@vespermarine.com with your mailing address and we'll post one to you.

Yes, the XB-8000 comes with a short USB cable for this purpose. See http://www.vespermarine.com/transponders/xb8000-ais-transponder.html/#specifications. However, if yours got lost somehow you can use another cable as RichardS has described. You need one with a Mini-USB plug. You can do most...

We've talked with several customers that have experienced RFI caused by LED masthead lights. The problem is switching noise within the marine band which is above the limits in the marine standards for this. A splitter likely won't help since the noise is within the band and so the splitter...

Thanks for posting the wiring info and beating me to it. Only thing to add is the DSC calling feature currently works with all recent ICOM VHF radios. If the radio says it will work with the ICOM transponder it will work with a WatchMate 670, 750 or 850. Unfortunately, SH has decided not to...

Hi. Sorry if the WatchMate 750 manual is a little too light in this area. You are correct... you connect the two wires for the NMEA-output of the 750 to the NMEA-input on the VHF. There is no need to hook up the NMEA-output from the VHF back to the 750. Observe the polarity (plus-goes-to-plus)...

The AIS data stream represents the received messages, so if there are no messages being received then the data stream will be empty. Some transponders put an own-ship report into the data stream at periodic intervals also. Others only put the own-ship report into the stream when they actually...

There are definite differences in AIS receivers besides whether they are single or dual channel. And receive-only units don't have to pass the same tests as AIS transponders which have to demonstrate minimum signal levels they can receive and packet error rates, among many other things. So, if...

WatchMate ? Have you considered one of Vesper Marine's WatchMate AIS displays? It will interface with the NASA and take the clutter off the small plotter. FYI: I work for Vesper Marine, so if you have any questions let me know Jeff

Cat5e should work fine if it has stranded conductors. Shielded would be best. Tinned is highly recommended for marine, but I don't know if this is typical in normal Cat5e. The RS-422 (eg. NMEA-0183) spec recommends 24AWG for most installations. NMEA-0183HS is the same but operates at 38,400...