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Old 21-04-2009, 12:18   #7
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Originally Posted by bbhflts View Post
Thanks Noelex77.

Your recommendation is pretty much the only option unless there is a decent N2K SSB out there. The annoying issue is that it's a damn expensive box to purchase and then in a years time find that the manufacturers have finally capitulated and decided to give us an up to date open standard on their new kit. I guess the other option is to go for a cheap as chips SSB and wait. That might kill the performance of any data solution such as SailMail though.

Cheers.

Ben.
You'll have the same problem with your marine VHF radio. There are few, if any, which support NMEA 2000 natively.
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