We banged on this software pretty hard over the past few days and came to a
few conclusions:
It can be made to work, and using a Ham 2 meter radio helps because of the
data output ports; the computer was pretty busy digitizing the audio from
the radio - the CPU was running at about 33% just on this program; the
possibility of charting on BSB charts just wasnīt there. Soooo, back to
looking at the turnkey solutions, which will be somewhere down the priority
list as there isnīt much shipping traffic down here.
We did find that several navigation programs are now supporting AIS
plotting on (digital) serial cable input from dedicated receivers.
Michael and Elizabeth
S/V Cambria
La Paz, Baja, Mexico

On 2/21/07, The Ken Pearce <ken__pearce@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I had mentioned the "Shipplotter" program in the thread a while back. I
> downloaded and used the program last summer when I was sailing back from
> Port Townsend to Bellingham. I believe, given enough time, I could have
> made it work. I think my problem was the gain adjustment on the signal
> from
> my VHF to my laptop. So no, you don't need special hardware to use AIS,
> assuming you have an aux audio output on your VHF and a laptop and the
> software, and patience.
>
> If someone sells a turn-key solution for $189, then depending on what your
> time is worth, that might be a cheaper alternative than rolling your own
> system.
>
> Ken Pearce
> Bellingham, WA
> s/v Shantih, Baba-30
>
>
>
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