Class A is generally considered only to be for commercial vessels; Class B was designed for vessels not required to have Class A, namely recreational vessels.
You could easily drop $3k for a good Class A unit; I'd rather spend $600 on a Class B. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:58 AM, "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: > I have an AIS receiver-only and love it. Class A is “better”, as in more > power and more frequent broadcasts, but it uses more power and costs about 5 > times as much. > Beware the FleaBay AIS units. Many of them seem to come from ship breakers in > India and are missing parts. Also note many Class A units run on 24 volts. > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Persuasion > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:49 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List (no subject) > > Hey Fellow C&Cers > > Thinking about my next boat project. I'm looking for advise on an AIS > transponder. I'm thinking about a Class B. Anyone been down this road that > can help? > > Thanks > > -- > Mike > S/V Persuasion > C&C 37 K/CB > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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