I installed a Smart
Radio SR161
AIS receiver from MillTech
Marine, along with an MiniPlex-AIS multiplexer from ShipModul
Marine Electronics to feed my
Raymarine E80
Chartplotter this weekend.
The
AIS receiver has it's own
antenna, a 3db whip, mounted on the flying bridge, and I have been plotting AIS signals from Delaware to Virginia from my location near
Baltimore.
I did run into one snag, the
GPS data to my Class D
DSC VHF radio was
lost when I changed the E80
NMEA port from 4800 bps to 38.4Kbps. I was able to correct that by coupling the E80
NMEA output at 38.4Kbps to the
RS232 input of the MiniPlex-AIS. Then the 4800 bps NMEA output #2 feeds
gps data to the
VHF radio.
It's nice to have a plan come together.