[PUP] More AIS

[John Marshall]

I've seen a number of things that report as "Base Stations" on AIS.  
Not sure it that's an ATON. I've seen them at ranges out to 60 miles.

John Marshall
N5520-Serendipity


On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Dave Cooper wrote:

> Recently we have found ATON's that are AIS beacons. These have a  
> very long
> range....we've seen them at 24 miles so far and they give you their  
> exact
> location within 10 meters. Very good news I think as an additional  
> nav aid.
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> We don't seem to find that the software in plotters or the nav  
> programs seem
> to handle them very well. They don't treat them as "ships" so you  
> don't get
> a range and heading from them unless you move the curser to them.
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> Has anyone encountered these yet and if so does your nav software  
> treat them
> as you would expect..or perhaps it doesn't even "see" them.
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> As always YMMV..
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