Peter Hendra wrote in
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Any idea what they cost and is there a fee involved or do you the
American tax payer foot the bill as you so generously do for GPS?



http://www.sailwx.info/aisinformation.html

http://www.panbo.com/yae/archives/001174.html
Panbo says they're coming out with one from UK for under $US500 for
pleasure boats. If the manufacturers knew AIS transponders were going to
be REQUIRED on every yacht, not just a few where they may lose their
shirts, the competition would drop prices like a rock.

The ship owners want to keep small boats from having AIS, probably
because the victims of the crashes don't survive to SUE THEIR ASSES....

http://www.dolphinmaritime.com/hardware/csb200.html
HACSB200 Class B transponder - 525 British pounds.
Only puts out 1-4 watts, not 12.5w. 4W will give it plenty of range to a
ship's tall antenna, but may cause crashing with other 12W stations who
cannot hear it that are in range. That would make the packets crash as
it wouldn't have a timeslot reserved on ALL the radios to the
horizon....not good.

http://www.euronav.co.uk/PriceList/L...istLeisure.htm
Euronav has the same CSB200 transponder for EU425 w/o VAT.
It pays to shop the internet....(c;

http://www.sevenstarelectronics.com/
Sevenstar thinks theirs, "USCG approved" whatever that means, is worth
$1000. It looks like it was made in someone's garage.

http://www.diytrade.com/directory/gl...ts/414991.html
The Communists have a full 12W Class A for $2000 with all the
capabilities of a ship AIS....overkill for a sailboat. It will do AIS
messaging, too.



Larry
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