Larry wrote:
Gary wrote in news:b_Waf.407318$1i.381368@pd7tw2no:


Not X-Navy, still in and Captain of a ship. You are right with you two
categories of people.

I think the original question had to do with radar returns and radar
reflectors. The best way to find out is call another ship or Vessel
Traffic and ask them if the can see you on their radar.

Easy!




Captain, is the Canadian Navy installing AIS transponders aboard their
vessels?


Not that I am aware of. It would be counterproductive. The AIS is a
system used to track large vessel contunuously when in waters that are
controlled by Vessel Traffic Management organizations. The Navy doesn't
really want to be tracked. We have our own Link system that lets us
know where each other are.

The AIS adds to the picture that the Navy maintains called the RMP or
Recocognized Maritime Picture where they track all vessels all the time
so they can do counter drug ops and counter illegal immigrant ops etc.
Evrything is being watched and tracked all the time as it approaches the
coast of North America (or anywhere else we are interested in).

Gary