Fleet info - AIS Transceiver

[Philpott]

Maris and Dura Mater made individual calls to each other through their AIS MMSI numbers today. And it worked. Of course, the volume on my radio was turned down and I had to turn it up in order to hear Brian. That old joke. Now I know my AIS works. Brian Boschma says large container ships tend to not respond to "Container ship at [lat/long]", but they DO respond when their name is used: "Dura Mater to the Container ship 'Maersk Dunga Din'".

 

[JAMcDonald]

Maris and Dura Mater made individual calls to each other through their AIS MMSI numbers today. And it worked. Of course, the volume on my radio was turned down and I had to turn it up in order to hear Brian. That old joke. Now I know my AIS works. Brian Boschma says large container ships tend to not respond to "Container ship at [lat/long]", but they DO respond when their name is used: "Dura Mater to the Container ship 'Maersk Dunga Din'".

Glad it worked. As MMSI is essentially a specific ship to ship call, I'm guessing they're more likely to respond. You'll get really tired of the AIS alarm on the SH VHF!

 

[BobJ]

Yes, the alarm on the Std-Horizon 22xx can wake the dead. I send the AIS data to my chartplotter, which apparently cuts out the alarm on the VHF (or somehow I have it turned off). It's much easier to read the target data on the chartplotter and I can turn off its alarm if desired.

 

[todd22123]

Bob-

Are you using an AIS transmitter, as well? Or just the AIS receiver of the Std-Horizon 22xx?

Thanks,
Todd

 

[BobJ]

I'm using the AIS receive-only via the VHF. I was planning to reinstall my stand-alone NASA "AIS Radar" (also receive-only) for Pacific Cup but with the AIS targets available through the chartplotter, I think that will be adequate. If anyone still needs an AIS receiver I'll sell the NASA unit pretty cheap to an SSS'er - a lot less than Amazon wants for one:

http://www.amazon.com/Clipper-CL-AISR-AIS-Radar/dp/B004AE1S2G


Kudos to Todd for stepping up to a J/92S!

 

[karwas]

I have Vesper Marine AIS transceiver (class B) on my boat.
It is sharing masthead antenna with VHF radio using Vesper Marine VHF splitter.

I am transmitting my position (as well as SOG and COG) and it gives me
some sense of security -- I assume that other ships in the ocean will see
if we are on collision course, even if don't see them.

My data are:
S/V Libra, MMSI: 367562690

Thanks,
Przemek