T&T: A Radar Question and ARPA

[KevinR]

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> .....  But I like the fact that AIS picks up on all kinds of  
> other things like the other day I was coming into Naptown after a  
> night cruise and it found this small dink that was coming across in  
> front of me with no lights.  ..........  But n the downside it  
> does pick up birds and crab pots every once in a while as targets (I  
> don't mind the crabpots so much) and quickly fill up the screen with  
> targets.  

John,

Since AIS only works if the other target has a GPS and an active AIS
transponder on board, how do you suppose the dink and the crab pots have
their AIS transceivers mounted?     :-)

Kevin