"claus" wrote in
:

I would use the existing VHF antenna on the boat - it is hooked up to
a Shipmate RS8400 VHF radio. I don't know if the antenna is
"maximized" to 162 Mhz" as required by the SR 161 AIS receiver... any
comments on this would also be helpful.



The antenna is fine but be informed you CANNOT use both AIS and the VHF
simultaneously as the transmitter in the Shipmate will simply destroy
anything but the antenna hooked to it.....

Get it its own antenna as far away from the Shipmate's antenna as is
possible....



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