Navionics app on a tablet, and integrating AIS targets

[Malish]

Another Quark A026 user here, with separate VHF antenna on the pushput (which can be swapped onto the VHF if mast-head fails). Works well enough - I get about 6-8miles range. I do also make regular use of Marinetraffic, but really just to see any distant traffic heading up/down the Clyde that I need to be aware of before being anywhere near it.

Quark used to do an AIS transceiver, but I don;t seem to be able to find it online nowadays which is pity because it looked pretty-much like a swap in/out of the A026 to gain transmission capability. Other similar transceivers seem to be around the £600-800 price range.

this offers a tranceiver with wifi built in: KS-200A Plus - New AIS product

 

[Dellquay13]

this offers a tranceiver with wifi built in: KS-200A Plus - New AIS product

If that’s your ballpark available budget, it’s not far off the price of their combined plotter/AIS transceiver.
If I ever upgrade from RX only to transceiver, I’d go for their combo to get a plotter upgrade at the same time

 

[steve yates]

Like I said, you need a subscription to activate the ais overlay. Simple as that.

Chris, he was asking for proof, you were just repeating what you said. It is probably correct, but not what refueler asked.
Are you stating this as a fact because you have let your subscription expire and subsequently lost ais?

 

[Refueler]

Chris, he was asking for proof, you were just repeating what you said. It is probably correct, but not what refueler asked.
Are you stating this as a fact because you have let your subscription expire and subsequently lost ais?

Don't worry .... it is correct that various overlays such as AIS and options are lost once subscription runs out.

My request for 'proof' was basically because so often people say things - but comes from what's heard from others. Sometimes its not correct. I always think about new people to our hobby and to try and make sure the info they get such as this AIS overlay matter is corect and not just passed on word of mouth.

Garmin are wooly at best and some of their explanations are not so clear.

 

[Alicatt]

For the inland waterways I use Waterkaarten app on an Android tablet, it has an "AIS+" feature where it will take AIS info over the internet from the makers of the App and display it on the chart, it will also take your GPS location from the tablet and resend that back to the App company to redistribute to other Waterkaarten users, or if you do have an AIS Rx or Rx/Tx then it will use that for it's data. You do have to have an internet connection for the repeating of the AIS data.
We have an Em-Trak 953 AIS on our boat, it is WiFi enabled and links into our 4g wireless router with Nmea 2000 connections to chartplotter and WiFi to the Android tablet.
For some locations around Antwerp an AIS is mandatory and the Vlamse Waterweg are aiming to get all vessels to have AIS to streamline the locking through of boats on the canals.

Don't worry .... it is correct that various overlays such as AIS and options are lost once subscription runs out.

My request for 'proof' was basically because so often people say things - but comes from what's heard from others. Sometimes its not correct. I always think about new people to our hobby and to try and make sure the info they get such as this AIS overlay matter is corect and not just passed on word of mouth.

Garmin are wooly at best and some of their explanations are not so clear.

Navionics renewal email came in today for Benelux and Germany West, £54 for the year, prices have gone up!