AIS not receiving

[rachelsavitt]

Hey everyone

Our sailboat has been stored for three years and now we are back on it , when we turned on the vhf it did not show our position and our AIS receiver does not seem to work ( we don’t have a transmitter). Any help problem solving would be appreciated, I am also doing some google searches

[Jubilee39]

After 3 years storage expect much corrosion on electrics. Big job potentially or just possibly corroded antenna connection. Does your vhf get a gps signal from an external gps? Good luck

[dougweibel]

Additional information would be help us help you.

What type of AIS receiver? What type of display? Separate antenna or splitter? Any lights or indicators anywhere that show the receiver is getting power, etc.?

[rachelsavitt]

Thanks for the help but we figured it out , basically we are just stupid !!

[Jim Cate]

basically we are just stupid !!

Please elaborate upon the cure that you found for this condition. It would be of benefit to many CF members (to say nothing of the world's population in general)!

Jim