RivalRedwing
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At least some of the current Onwa plotters have both 0183 & 2000 and have a built in AIS transceiver... just output to a cheap mutiplexer with WiFi on it and that may tick all your boxes
NMEA & WiFi
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Sea Change
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As far as I'm aware, my 708 is NMEA 0183 only.
Sea Change
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Oh of course one consideration if I went down the Axiom route, I wouldn't be able to buy cheap charts from Navionics, would I? That could be a sufficient extra cost. I've got a pretty large cruising area to cover.
RivalRedwing
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RunAgroundHard
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Navionics charts are available for Axiom via a download to the SD card. However, they are expensive compared to Navionics Boating, around £150 to £200 per region, annual subscription. If being budget conscious, stick to Boating subscription on a plotter.
Sea Change
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Bit late for me given I got mine four years ago
Sea Change
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Do you mean 'on a tablet'?
dunedin
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As far as I am aware you don't need a subscription for the plotter cards. I buy once, then update the next year a few days before the annual updates expires. Use for year 2. Buy update at start of year 3 - using RYA discount cost me £105 and will do me another couple of years. So not materially more than Boating on tablet.
RunAgroundHard
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Yes. My mistake. However see dunedin's post No 28, apparently not that expensive.
Refueler
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There are sellers of 'expired' SD cards on eBay .... averaging about 50 quid ... you cannot subscribe with them - but if you look through the listings - you can get recent expired ...
Example : I bought a 2023 December updated expired card in spring 2024 for about 50 quid ... all Baltic. I can now if I wanted buy a late 2024 card for similar price ...
