Monthly Archive: April 2007

Si-Tex 15, & a naive idea 2

Si-Tex 15, & a naive idea

I may abstain from off-the-cuff product comparisons for a while! But whereas I’m already in trouble today, I will express my very mixed feelings about the ColorMax 15, which I actually tested. On the one hand, it’s...

Class B & the FCC, sounds good 5

Class B & the FCC, sounds good

A big thanks to Shine Micro for  providing some useful detail about how the FCC is handling Class B AIS. First of all, the MMSI’s will be just like those used in DSC VHF’s (in fact, should be...

Big storm, how about a contest? 4

Big storm, how about a contest?

Whereas many of us are hunkering down for a monster low that’s bulling its way up the East Coast (gusts to 70 knots predicted here tomorrow!), another PMY navigation/photo contest may be in order. Above is the Raymarine...

ActiveCaptain gets busy, & international 1

ActiveCaptain gets busy, & international

I’m pleased to hear that ActiveCaptain, the “Point of Interest bomb!”,  is active indeed. Yesterday developers Karen and Jeffrey Siegel announced that the free site now has over 9,000 marinas and almost 1,000 anchorages, with...

Crappy Class A AIS data, some stats 2

Crappy Class A AIS data, some stats

I’m still hoping someone will tell us more about the FCC and Class B AIS, but in the meantime Dan sent a great link to The Nautical Institute’s AIS Forum. It’s not a forum...

C-Map fishing charts, all but the bait 0

C-Map fishing charts, all but the bait

Yesterday another reader emailed, “What’s new is the fishing electronics world? It is Spring time, and we just had the salmon opener here in San Francisco!” Well, how about a C–Map MAX Coastside Fishing...