Cheap Chinese AIS Transponder ordering

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I followed this thread with interest http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?382812-Cheap-Chinese-AIS-Transponder

I'm unconvinced of the usefulness of AIS class B transponders but the unit itself is excellent, a colour AIS plotter, NMEA GPS output, routes and waypoints though obviously not charts. The fact that it merrily pings out a class B AIS signal will appeal to others as well. It does some other fancy GPS/AIS stuff but not necessary, I just like the redundancy of having my RADAR/Plotter backed up with a seperate AIS plotter and the main plotter isn't cluttered by all those pesky AIS signals, which I shall now add to with my own rather pointless signal ;)

I enquired about price and had to do a bit of haggling but got it down to £204 including delivery, for me that's a bargain. The email address for ordering is sales003@huayang-tech.com and the ladies' name is Susan Liao. Ordering is via Paypal which gives a strong measure of security.

Someone ponted out that the unit is a rebadged Furuno or rather Furuno stick their badge on this :)
 
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Lazy Kipper said:
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Came accross this video on YouTube of its lower spec brother without the AIS and without transponder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqHZP2h-pdE It shows the GPS functionality and the form factor.
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I am sure that the GPS only version of this brand was being sold online by Compass24 chandlery before they stopped trading in the UK at the end of last year.
 
At present I have AIS/VHF receiver, plumbed to my plotter, if I installed this set up as a standalone unit, would it interfere with my present setup, eg constant CPA warnings with myself.
 
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Thank you, I take it this information comes with a money back gtee. :-)

My understanding of these things is as you may gather limited.

Having explored the costs of upgrading to transceiver, this product is about half the price of alternative solutions, and as a standalone unit adds a measure of redundancy to my set up.
 
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Vara said:
Thank you, I take it this information comes with a money back gtee. :-)

My understanding of these things is as you may gather limited.

Having explored the costs of upgrading to transceiver, this product is about half the price of alternative solutions, and as a standalone unit adds a measure of redundancy to my set up.
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I'd have it without the transponder at that price, which is just as well as my personal view is that class B transponders are almost useless. Still, other yachts will be better able to avoid me now :) I agree about the redundancy it provides. I can imagine inputting our key waypoints for our common journeys and it being a great back up. I hated having AIS on the main RADAR/plotter, often the damed AIS symbols would cover the things on the chart I wanted to see, but I still wanted to refer to the targets to look at CPAs for class A ships. Each to their own.
 
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