Larry wrote in
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Geof,
I bought a 1 year old Class A Simrad unit used as a demo unit for
marine shows on eBay for $1300. Please note, there are substantial
differences between Class A and Class B. One of which is the Class A
has its own internal GPS among many others.
Steve


Steve in Deutchland! There are DIFFERENT AIS units allowed to be used in
DIFFERENT countries. I finally found the list of approved units in the USA
on:
http://cgmix.uscg.mil/Equipment/EquipmentSearch.aspx

There are only 22 units Class A approved to date.

I'm sure Germany has a different, but similar list for German ship stations
to use. AIS is a real mess.....a bureaucratic nightmare.



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Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?