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paulj

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Mar 16, 2007
1,361
Catalina 310 Anacortes,Wa
I needed some more information on DSC, because my radio manuel was a little lite on information.


Came accross these..................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-f4nhnBThg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdkxsWBncSc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQk5MRwuxgo


I have a handheld VHF with DSC but I'm going to replace my below deck VHF radio with a new one with DSC.

When I was in British Columbia this year I was invloved in a DSC call....I was not up to par on the process....it was amazing.

I could not hear the boat in distress, but could hear the Canadian Coast Gaurd side of transmission.

I"m going to look for a radio that is simple to use and large display.




paulj :troll:
 
Sep 29, 2008
1,944
Catalina 310 #185 Quantico
DSC is Simple

although you would not know it by my boating friends. I have a Std Horizon that was on the boat and it works great. There are only 2 wires from your GPS/Chartplotter to the radio. I have attached some pictures to show you what I did.

You may want to see if there is one out there that has DSC with a built in GPS and/or perhaps AIS as well.

One thing I will note is that I also tied the GPS to my autopilot (note the Bearing to Waypoint [BTW] and the Distance to Waypoint [DTW] readouts). You will also see my garmin in the wiring diagram as well as my Humminbird; I have not used it in years and would only plug it in if the Humminbird (which is awesome BTW) failed as to run both at the same time would be bad mojo.:D

I will also note if it does not work at first check your grounds as the signal is very low and any float on your signal ground will make it not work. As you can see on the radio display, you know it works when you see lat and long. Finally Std Horizon support was awesome.
 

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gpd955

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Feb 22, 2006
1,164
Catalina 310 Cape May, NJ
The SH 2150 matrix has a large display with dsc and AIS capabilities. Installed mine in October and will be integrating it with my GPS (when I buy a new one that is compatible) in the spring.
 

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gpd955

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Feb 22, 2006
1,164
Catalina 310 Cape May, NJ
Yeah. I like the separate radio and head. The RJ-45 plugs will make it easy to just take the head and stow it away when not in use.

Interested to see the price when it's released. Heading to AC Boat Show next week. Will see if they have one. Not that I'm buying since I just installed my new one in Oct!
 
Aug 24, 2009
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Catalina 310 Sturgeon Bay, WI
Paul, Just bought the new SH GX1700 Compact VHF Radio with Built-In GPS and optional RAM mic for the cockpit at the Chicago Sail Show... Radio has great write up's and as stated has it's own GPS built in. I am told (will see) that the GPS is improved to the point it will receive below deck. If this becomes an issue for only another $40.00 I can get a separate antenna for the rail. This way it is it's own GPS and not dependent on the signal from my chart plotter. (that now means I will have four working GPS units on the boat) both this unit and my hand held have DSC.
 
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