AIS manufacturers?

[[2574]]

Is it only NASA making AIS units?

 

[Amphitrite]

No, there are several others out there, notably EasyAIS and Comar.

Holger

 

[homa]

Try Furuno, JRC, Sperry, Simrad

 

[MikeJones]

I've heard that Maptech will bring one out in the near future.

 

[Amphitrite]

Furuno, JRC, Sperry, Saab Transpondertech, Simrad, CNS, Nauticast all produce AIS - but Class A Transponders only, so not exactly what most yachties are looking for.
Lets see what Maptech will bring out...

 

[Richard10002]

What's wrong with NASA??

Just bought one <g> and am busy routing a VHF cable from the pushpit to the saloon, (where the PC will be).

 

[[2574]]

nothing at all as far as I'm aware - I just like to have a choice!

 

[RobBrown]

I spoke earlier today to a guy from Maptech/ Memory Map in UK, who said they were bringing out an AIS engine in time for Soton Boat Show. Price should be broadly on par with NASA @ c.£125 & usb based- so no probs with power & serial ports.

 

[Graham_Wright]

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What's wrong with NASA??

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I'm told by Raymarine that, although the NASA engine is dual frequency, it only uses one at a time and ships broadcast on both. Can anyone confirm this;- it sounds important.

 

[Amphitrite]

Yes, this is right. The NASA engine is dual-channel multiplex receiver, thus only receiving on one channel at a time. Dual-channel parallel receivers are more expensive, but provide faster update rates, for example the Trueheading AIS RX Yacht or the Comar 200, or, if you are looking for an all-in-one solution, the SeaCas.

 

[jfkal]

I would wait until the end of the year. They will release the new "active" AIS. So the big guys can see YOU also /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Hoolie]

We use a NASA AIS engine in the Solent area and there seem to be no problems. It sometimes takes a couple of minutes to come up with vessel names but they're not transmitted as often as the GPS data, course, speed and rate of turn.
You shouldn't be in a position to worry whether the data is one minute old or two!