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Old 12-29-2018, 12:29 PM   #49
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City: Holladay, UT
Vessel Name: Dream Catcher
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37-065
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker75 View Post
Thanks, River Cruiser, for sharing your experience with me; it seems like an AIS-enabled VHF radio is a "must have" but augmenting that with a radar would be highly recommended.
Peace and blessings,
Larry
If it were me, I'd get a separate AIS transceiver that transmits your position, course, speed, and boat name to others, in addition to receiving that info from others. VHF radios w/ AIS are receive only, AFAIK.

Mine is a Vesper XB-6000, $489 from Milltech Marine. Plugs into laptop with chartplotter SW via USB. The XB-6000 also provides GPS position data needed by the laptop chartplotter, via the same USB connection.
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