AIS built into chartplotter.

[Tammany]

Never heard of the make but it's AIS transceiver built into a plotter. How long will it take the bigger manufacturers to do the same, will drastically reduce the cost of AIS in the future.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SITEX-SAS-300-CLASS-B-AIS-TRANSCEIVER-W-6-5-HI-RES-LCD-SAS-300-3/351936519381?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40860%26meid%3D8c12a9abcfc3481fbbb31652862b7ea8%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D371401664727

 

[Barbican]

SI-TEX SAS-300 AIS Class B Transceiver - Display Only f/Use w/Existing AIS - so £380 for a 6.5inch plotter or

SI-TEX SAS-300 AIS Class B AIS Transceiver w/Internal GPS Antenna at £763 with internal AIS.

Still not cheap, and I guess not CE marked, but may help push prices a bit....

 

[prv]

I guess not CE marked,

I wouldn't assume that - Si-Tex are a perfectly respectable US company, albeit small-time compared to Raymarine, Navico or Garmin. They used to do cheap low-end radars that plugged into Standard Horizon's now-discontinued plotter range.

Pete

 

[pvb]

Never heard of the make but it's AIS transceiver built into a plotter.

No it isn't. It's an AIS tranceiver which can show targets on a C-Map chart. It's not a plotter.

 

[doug748]

Here is the manual that certainly alleges it's a plotter:

http://si-tex.com/pdf/1431953628SAS-300 MANUAL.pdf

Not the same key layout though.

Also fishfinder and will make you a chip butty.

 

[Barbican]

I wouldn't assume that - Si-Tex are a perfectly respectable US company, albeit small-time compared to Raymarine, Navico or Garmin. They used to do cheap low-end radars that plugged into Standard Horizon's now-discontinued plotter range.

Pete

As they didn't list a European agent I took a punt - it wasn't a judgement on their respectability - my apologies to anybody my comments may have mislead.

 

[pvb]

Here is the manual that certainly alleges it's a plotter:

Am I right in thinking it says you can only enter 20 waypoints?

 

[PaulRainbow]

No it isn't. It's an AIS tranceiver which can show targets on a C-Map chart. It's not a plotter.

The one shown in post #1 isn't even that, it's the display only. The full kit will set you back about £800 plus shipping, plus import duty, plus VAT and plus collection fees. Over a grand. Better to buy something like the Vesper XB-8000 with wi-fi.

Edit: Don't forget to add £200 for the C-Map charts. Total = £1200

Vesper XB-8000, laptop, OpenCPN, VMH charts = about £700 excluding the laptop cost.

 

[pvb]

The one shown in post #1 isn't even that, it's the display only. The full kit will set you back about £800 plus shipping, plus import duty, plus VAT and plus collection fees. Over a grand. Better to buy something like the Vesper XB-8000 with wi-fi.

Another eBay bargain!

 

[prv]

As they didn't list a European agent I took a punt - it wasn't a judgement on their respectability - my apologies to anybody my comments may have mislead.

Sorry too - I thought you'd assumed it was some no-name Chinese eBay special

Pete

 

[superheat6k]

Or look at Matsutec HP-6/8/1228A

This is a chart plotter with Class B AIS transceiver. Had the HP-628A on my boat since last April, and am now thinking of upgrading the 828 or 1228A.

Unlike a laptop, this is reasonably goffer (heavy seawater splash) proof.

Costs Plotter HP-628A ~ £375 ($476 last Spring), although a bit more now since the £ has dropped against the $; Chart CMAP Max for South Coast £114; dedicated VHF Aerial £50

Details here ...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ya3w2ymn8e8z9zy/Matsutec HPx28F.pdf?dl=0

Contact Susan sales003@huayang-tech.com

 

[doug748]

On a historical note about 8 years ago Digital Yacht marketed the first combined plotter/AIS receiver:

http://digitalyacht.co.uk/files/SmarterChart500.pdf

On the face of it a great idea, you could mount it on a small boat/Rib/Whatever, in the open, and just put a stubby aerial on top, if you did not require anything up a mast.

It only sold moderately which was a shame. I think they could have had a transceiver out smartish if it had done better, a chance missed and gone now.
The small boat owner will find the idea very handy, if prices drift down, but established manufacturers seem to have bigger fish to fry.