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    st599 replied to the thread Shore Power Cable Coil.
    I forgot that such cables often also carry data signals, which is the reason they suffer from inductance. I'll edit my post.
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    st599 replied to the thread Shore Power Cable Coil.
    At large events you'll see the power leads unrolled from the drum and layed out in a figure 8. Reduces the heating, plus if someone...
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    st599 replied to the thread Yacht Time Correction YTC rule.
    Our Byron rating and our YTC rating are the same, and requested the same information.
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    On a system that obeys the inverse square law, a power increase of 2.5 will give a slight increase in range. Interesting as according...
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    The difference between B and B+ is the algorithm used to find a spare slot to tranmsit in and a slight increase in power. There's no...
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    I think that's the price for the antenna - AliExpress has a habit of showing a picture of something expensive, then choosing only a...
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    I'm surprised in how long it's taking the major players to implement OneNet in leisure craft devices. Seems an absolute no brainer and...
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    Wholly dependant on how well the algorithm for finding a spare channel is implemented. Ours is rarely seen.
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    Thanks - it's ashame that unit seems to only put AIS out on the Wifi - NMEA sentences for all transducers would be useful too. Would...
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    st599 replied to the thread VHF and AIS transceiver.
    They don't that's why I'm asking.
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    Does anyone know if there's a combined VHF and AIS transceiver on the market? Seems an obvious way to reduce the amount of space used...
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    st599 replied to the thread Yacht Time Correction YTC rule.
    Indeed, we did a regatta using Byron (which became YTC). We were on a school boat which had all the gear the RYA require a school to...
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    st599 replied to the thread Rocket station.
    I think that's still their HQ and they still run Search and Rescue from there.
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    st599 replied to the thread A fall in boat prices on horizon?.
    Nearer 80%, but with completely different laws on renting. You get some landlords with huge portfolios - think most of Central Köln is...
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    Does the company you have an agreement with still exist? I though Garmin bought them out to reduce competition and get access to their...
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