Turn it off, please

[prv]

I agree with the view that AIS is great in the right situation. I sail in the Solent and it is really not necessary to transmit on a clear day.

This is broadly true, but lots of people are gonna do it anyway, for various reasons.

The point I keep trying to make is that it's not necessary to receive either.

If the number of transmissions bothers you, turn off that layer in your plotter's display.

If the option to do that is inconveniently deep down in a menu somewhere, and defaults to "on", then fit a physical switch in the power supply to the AIS receiving engine, or in the 38k NMEA line if your receiver is integrated into a VHF.

Pete

 

[Cardo]

This is broadly true, but lots of people are gonna do it anyway, for various reasons.

The point I keep trying to make is that it's not necessary to receive either.

If the number of transmissions bothers you, turn off that layer in your plotter's display.

If the option to do that is inconveniently deep down in a menu somewhere, and defaults to "on", then fit a physical switch in the power supply to the AIS receiving engine, or in the 38k NMEA line if your receiver is integrated into a VHF.

Pete

I agree with Pete.
In the Solent, you'll see the bigguns coming. If you don't, well, you really shouldn't be out on the water.
If the AIS clutter bothers you, then turn off the AIS layer on the plotter. Relatively easy to do on my Raymarine plotter. I can even have dual charts showing, one with and one without the AIS layer. Works a treat.

 

[richardsnowstar]

If the number of transmissions bothers you, turn off that layer in your plotter's display.

Pete

Fair comment. I do sometimes unplug the AIS receiver.

 

[st599]

That's interesting - never heard of one of those. What exactly does it do?

Pete

Presumably it sends an AIS emergency message, like all the other AIS Search and Rescue Transponders?

http://www.kannadmarine.com/en/safelink-r10