Thank You again Dave,

I have see the atached link document of the tests you had made, and
really, there is a lot o ships there.
I bacame very disapointed with your conclusion about the lack of
possibility of AIS in 276C. In relity I am very disapointed with my
Map276C. It has features I ado not use, like the automotive
routing/nav, the fishfinder function with the GSD20, wich I will never
would buy, the DSC function wich is useless, and with the problem os
lack some NMEA messages (BWC/XTE) wich cause me a big problem with the
autopilot, so I must use the old Map76 and Map130 for the AP.

If the Map276C could not have AIS as you said, so I will sell it and
buy another thing. I alredy have a old laptop and many chart ploter
programs and many charts, and maybe I must change my position about the
use of a PC in my boat.

Thank you for your advise and best regards

Pascal

On 14 May 2005 19:27:15 -0700, "Pascal" wrote:

If the Map276C could not have AIS as you said, so I will sell it and
buy another thing.

Note that I don't work from Garmin! :-)

I alredy have a old laptop and many chart ploter
programs and many charts, and maybe I must change my position about the
use of a PC in my boat.

Sounds like you have plenty of reason to use one, so with the addition of a
US$200 NASA or US$600 SR162 receiver you could have yourself a decent AIS
display.

Or wait a few months longer & AIS Class B transceivers will be out, and you
can display other boat positions on your PC while transmitting your own
position at the same time.

Dave

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Than You Dave,

Next week I will try a test with my laptop and the shipplotter software
using a small VHF wich has 87/88 channels and connection to my pc sound
input. The NASA could be a beter solution using the Sea Clear, but I
will wait my friend's test when his NASA engine arrives nex month,
before making a decision.

Besta Regards

Pascal