[Public-List] VHF, DSC and GPS

[Stephen Gwyn via Public-List]

Hi,

I have a VHF with DSC capability, and sccepts NMEA 0183 as input.
But it doesn't have a built in GPS and my chart plotter doesn't
output a NMEA signal. I'd like to buy some sort of inexpensive
GPS unit that just outputs position. There are plenty of
USB GPS units these days, there ought to be a NMEA one.

Does anybody know of such a unit?

On a related note, what's the uptake of DSC these days?
Who has DSC? Who uses it? Does anybody even have a MMSI number?

SG