[Public-List] VHF, DSC and GPS

[Kris Coward via Public-List]

No, I've been waiting for my round tuit. Maybe this email thread will
suffice...

-K

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 05:14:36PM -0500, John Birch wrote:
> Kris,
> I imagine you checked the internal fuse or fuses in the VHF ?!
> Cheers,
> JB
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Coward via Public-List"
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> To: "Stephen Gwyn" <stephen.gwyn at gmail.com>; "Alberg 30 Public List -- open
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> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] VHF, DSC and GPS
> 
> 
> >
> >I got a Garmin unit a few years back that spoke NMEA 0183; it was listed
> >as being serial/RS-232, but it had only 4 wires, and the message set in
> >the manual was NMEA 0183. I wired it into my VHF (though I had to do
> >some terrible things with crimps and terminal blocks, since the plug and
> >socket types were mismatched, and it worked for a few months before it
> >overheated and stopped working entirely. I got another one to replace
> >it, and wired it in the same as the first one, but it would appear that
> >the first one burned out the radio end of the connection, and my VHF no
> >longer has a working NMEA input (though it works otherwise).
> >
> >I've neither made time for a more detailed post-mortem on that
> >situation, nor have I set aside budget for a VHF (and/or AIS) that'd
> >give me the lost GPS functionality for DSC distress calls.
> >
> >I have an MMSI, and the Canadian Coast Guard also has a boat description
> >for the MMSI, so apart from the GPS failure, I'm fully set up for DSC
> >distress calls. I can't say that I've ever done much (i.e. anything) by
> >way of routine DSC calling, though I got my VHF license just as it was
> >starting to get rolled out, and the feature set seems nice.
> >
> >-K
> >
> >On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 01:51:33PM -0800, Stephen Gwyn via Public-List
> >wrote:
> >>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
> >>
> >>
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