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Originally Posted by a64pilot
Plus on my Watchmate the MOB alarm would wake the dead. I'm not sure DSC would do that?
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Just think about it. When your
VHF picks up a
DSC call, what happens? Ours will whine like crazy and I have hell of a time to mute it (say if my crew are asleep).
A DSC
MOB device works exactly along the same lines: a
distress DSC call is put up on air: all DSC VHFs should/will light up red, pick up the data and store it for your reference: call nature, position, caller id, etc. Many will let you navigate to the caller with one press of a button (ours does).
And your plotter will display the MOB. Off course, only if you have it wired with your
radio, which is not what all
boat owners do.
I have seen a test of DSC
AIS MOB device and it lit up all alarms (DSC on the
radio, DSC on the plotter,
AIS on the AIS unit). Maybe this technology is not allowed in the US. I know they have their own regulatory bodies out there.
Cheers,
b.