Emergency communications in coastal waters
If you have a medical or equipment emergency while boating in coastal waters, should you use a cellphone or a digital selective calling equipped marine …
Collision avoidance: The eyes have it
The best advice for collision avoidance is standard for navigation: Use multiple sources of information to avoid collisions.
See and be seen with AIS
Many boaters have implemented the Automatic Identification System, or AIS, on their boats. If you haven’t, let’s look at why you should consider implementing one …
Marine radar goes solid-state
Marine electronics are constantly evolving, but no change in recent years compares with the move to solid-state radar. Gains in features and performance are so …
Equip your boat with a marine radio
By Scott Erickson Any vessel equipped with a marine VHF radio and operated solely in U.S. waters must comply with U.S. Coast Guard usage rules …
How to retrofit a laptop to a nav station
By Scott Mackenzie Convergence can mean the capability of a piece of electronic equipment to perform more than one function or activity. For instance, today’s …
Connect your GPS to your VHF radio
By Ron Schwiesow Modern VHF marine radios include Digital Selective Calling, a semiautomated method of making radio calls. DSC allows mariners to send instant, digitally …
