Marco Flamingo
Guru
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2020
- Messages
- 1,216
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- CHiTON
- Vessel Make
- Tung Hwa Clipper 30
I seem to have temporarily solved my Garmin MFD not picking up my GPS position by installing a Vesper AIS transponder connected with NMEA 2000. the Vesper instantly picks up satellites. I'll work out why the Garmin internal GPS isn't receiving later.
What is kind of weird is that the Garmin "little boat" icon shows where I am, but behind me is my own AIS icon labeled CHITON. It's like I'm following myself. The icon is in red, meaning that it is a vessel with which I might collide. Is this normal? It was odd watching the MFD in 1/16th mile range where the CHITON AIS icon would freeze with the trajectory line pointed at me but be left in my wake for 30 seconds, then leap forward on to my stern. This can't be what everybody is putting up with.
Vesper has a usb connection, but I haven't explored it with my laptop. Maybe this is how I turn off the menacing ghost CHITON?
What is kind of weird is that the Garmin "little boat" icon shows where I am, but behind me is my own AIS icon labeled CHITON. It's like I'm following myself. The icon is in red, meaning that it is a vessel with which I might collide. Is this normal? It was odd watching the MFD in 1/16th mile range where the CHITON AIS icon would freeze with the trajectory line pointed at me but be left in my wake for 30 seconds, then leap forward on to my stern. This can't be what everybody is putting up with.
Vesper has a usb connection, but I haven't explored it with my laptop. Maybe this is how I turn off the menacing ghost CHITON?