DSC is required in all new console mount VHF radios being type
certified.

Garmin made almost no investment -- just a few lines of code. All the
HW was already there. They did it because Standard Horizon had it
and was pusing it it. A fair number of radios have NMEA IN and OUT
(mine does, and it's several years old).


"Pascal" wrote in message oups.com...
Very good opinion. I do not understand why Garmin, Raymarine and Icom,
for example continue to invest in DSC; the "new" DSC Position Report
feature of Garmin GpsMap 276C for example, wich demandas a VHF Radio
with NMEA IN and OUT, is ridiculous. These manufacturers should
instead take attention to AIS insted this "half-assed" DSC technology.


Pascal