My inkling is to go with recieve only - the way I see it I am a pleasure boater and by most standards pretty manuverable, the tug & barge or freighter not so much, so even if rules say I am good with my course I will alter to let them go about business.
If I go with a transponder I now start showing up for everyone to have to track and clutter up local screen and given that I am going by the bigger boat has the right of way approach to navigation I don't see a lot of value in becoming more clutter for someone else to have to filter.
Also this will be going into my PC - is there really any value in having NEMA output from the box? As of right now I don't have any NEMA networkable devices onboard. I can do either serial or USB on the PC.
For those that have PC and AIS - which model are you running?
If I go with a transponder I now start showing up for everyone to have to track and clutter up local screen and given that I am going by the bigger boat has the right of way approach to navigation I don't see a lot of value in becoming more clutter for someone else to have to filter.
Also this will be going into my PC - is there really any value in having NEMA output from the box? As of right now I don't have any NEMA networkable devices onboard. I can do either serial or USB on the PC.
For those that have PC and AIS - which model are you running?
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