Hey,
I do like Standard Horizon gear and I have had a few of their VHD radios. Nice gear, good audio quality, innovative, etc. My comment is this: The SH radios are NMEA 0183 only. This is too bad because NMEA 2000 is much easier to integrate. If you don't have any other electronics, and don't plan on integrating the radio to a plotter, then don't worry about it and the SH radio is a good choice. However, if you think you might want to install a chartplotter, and display the AIS information on the plotter screen, and / or you plan on interfacing a plotter to an autopilot, wind instrument, or ANYTHING else, I strongly recommend you buy a VHF that has NMEA 2000 interface. With NMEA 2000 you don't have to worry about connecting the little tiny wires together, or about baud rates, or who is the talker and who is the listener. You just plug the cable in and it works. Simrad makes a VHD/AIS receiver with NMEA 2000, so does Lowrance and I think icom does too The Simrad unit is nice because the second station handset is wireless and you can carry it with you. The Lowrance unit doesn't support the second handset. Good luck, Barry Barry Lenoble leno...@optonline.net <mailto:leno...@optonline.net> Deep Blue C, C&C 110 Mt. Sinai, NY
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