[PUP] AIS

[Ron Rogers]

I have read somewhere that in the heavily trafficked English Channel,
Commercial skippers have the ability in software to clear their AIS screens
(radar or chartplotter screen) of vessels less than "X" in length. I don't
know if the traffic control stations keep track of all AIS transceivers. I
assume that some commercial ships can do this and, therefore, it would be
wrong to assume that in comparably heavy traffic, some of the big boys are
not reading your AID signal on purpose. Still, you can call them.

Ron Rogers 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ford


I'm sure some captains will become frustrated with the ever increasing  
number of AIS transmitters out there, but I have yet to have heard  
from one yet