[PUP] Ice Dancer on AIS performance

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Dave and Nancy of Swan Song and others:

I was pleasantly surprised at our good AIS performance, as well.  I 
know that we don't pick up every AIS vessel beyond 25 miles, because 
we sometimes see them drop off the screen after following them for a 
period.  Out to 25 miles, we pretty well nail them.  I took a picture 
in August of my 17-inch flat screen filled with the chart of Prince 
William Sound, Alaska.  We were just north of Montague Island, and we 
had vessels with names throughout the entire Sound: College Fiord, 
Valdez Harbor, Cordova, entering and leaving and scattered about.  A 
diagonal across the sound is something like 100 nm., and we were in 
the bottom.

Our system is a Furuno FA-150 and the antenna looks to be about eight 
foot.  I guess the guys at Alcom Marine Electronics, Newport Beach, 
California did a good job with the installation.  I know it is an 
obvious issue, but you might check your grounding.

Best of luck.

Dick and Gail Barnes
Aboard Ice Dancer II
Near Concepcion, Chile
Monday 1/15/07
36 24.6S  072 57.3W