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Wayne.B
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AIS on a sailboat
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:32:22 GMT,
(Mic) wrote:
Though these active systems are expensive, there are low
cost, receive only units available that provide, for the small boat
owner, a display of much greater use than radar for these 'big boys'."
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The biggest issue for small boats is not seeing the big guys (they
show up easily on RADAR), but being seen. Only an active AIS
transponder can provide that assurance since small boats are easily
overlooked or missed entirely on a large ship's RADAR. As large ships
come to rely more on AIS, and devote more time to monitoring, this
will become even more of a critical issue.
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