Archive for October, 2008
Hds, A Major Lowrance Refresh
Today Lowrance is announcing a new series of multifunction displays called HDS that I’m excited about seeing at the boat show (and trying when they ship in a few months). The acronym stands for High Definition System, and seems justified on several counts…
The Wizard, First Impressions
A sample of the intriguing but controversial Wizard antenna arrived yesterday morning and I was able to do some testing before hitting the road for Fort Lauderdale. If I had to put the results in three words they’d be: disappointing but tentative. Before…
Class B Install #2, Digital Yacht Bundles
Here’s Digital Yacht’s SPL250 VHF antenna splitter, purportedly the only splitter able to handle 2 watt Class B AIS and regular 25w VHF transceivers without smoke rising from either…
Lake Survey Photo Essay, Thanks Navionics!
That strange graphic rendered on a laptop in a car trunk stuffed with foul weather gear and winter clothing represents a terrific experience I had yesterday, and a wicked lot of work. Compare the graphic—which is actually hundreds of thousands of GPS/depth data points…
E-commerce And The Law
Nmea New Guys #2, Intellian
You may have seen the full page ads in the boat mags; there’s a new player in the marine satellite TV business, Intellian Technologies, and if nothing else they clearly understand…
Class B, Name Game #2
We’re down to Class B AIS details, my friends, and they aren’t hard. Above, and bigger here, is the Static data screen seen in the proAIS software that comes with the European version of Digital Yacht’s AIT250 transponder (and possibly others, as it comes from SRT, the manufacturer of so many Class B circuit boards [...]
Gigando Ipod Interface, On Alexis
So what do get when a very successful software developer cuts loose on an Azimut 55? Among many other things, the biggest iPod interface…
Class B Ais, The Name Game
This weekend I’m working on a PMY column about Class B AIS, and now have three transponders up and running, which you’ll hear about it. But I also went over my notes and audio recording…
Gme Digital Beacon Activation Crucial To South Pacific Rescue
SM Group (Europe) Ltd., the United Kingdoms exclusive distributor for Australia’s leading marine electronic equipment manufacturer GME, have heard how a GME MT400 406 Mhz was activated in Northern Australia to alert the rescue authorities.
A full scale international rescue effort in the South Pacific Ocean was the last thing the Robinsons, a Queensland based Australian [...]