dfogal
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- Joined
- Aug 7, 2019
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- Fluid Motion Model
- C-30 S
- Hull Identification Number
- FMLT2918L415
- Vessel Name
- As You Wish
Hi All,
Ranger Tug 29-S 2015 here.
I wanted to add AIS transmitter for my boat. Rather than buying a black box AIS solution for the existing Garmin system I bought a Vesper Cortex AIS system. There are wireless and wired handsets. I only have the wired handset.
This is like a VHF radio blended with an Android phone. The touchscreen is very responsive, the anchor watch works well and the different views for the AIS and VHF are very clear. The AIS signal is replicated on the Garmin Chart plotters.
You can google up some reviews on YouTube but I wanted to share the most important subjective thing.
The audio intelligibility is incredibly good. I boat in a congested area so there’s a lot of VHF traffic. I have the original Garmin VHF, the Cortex VHF and a hand-held. Listening to all three, the intelligibility of the Cortex is massively better.
I came for the AIS but stayed for the clear voice communications.
Ranger Tug 29-S 2015 here.
I wanted to add AIS transmitter for my boat. Rather than buying a black box AIS solution for the existing Garmin system I bought a Vesper Cortex AIS system. There are wireless and wired handsets. I only have the wired handset.
This is like a VHF radio blended with an Android phone. The touchscreen is very responsive, the anchor watch works well and the different views for the AIS and VHF are very clear. The AIS signal is replicated on the Garmin Chart plotters.
You can google up some reviews on YouTube but I wanted to share the most important subjective thing.
The audio intelligibility is incredibly good. I boat in a congested area so there’s a lot of VHF traffic. I have the original Garmin VHF, the Cortex VHF and a hand-held. Listening to all three, the intelligibility of the Cortex is massively better.
I came for the AIS but stayed for the clear voice communications.