Nate, if they both have NMEA 2000 connections it is easy. I don't know if the smaller units like the Dragonfly do.
Joel On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Nate > > > > Some of the newer Std Horizon VHF have AIS receivers and can be hooked to > chartplotter. > > > > We have Standard Horizon Matrix AIS+ VHF model GX2150 and a Garmin > GPSMAP740. AIS is available on the 740 using the VHF receiver > > > > Mike > > Persistence > > Halifax > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Nate > Flesness via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:59 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Nate Flesness > *Subject:* Stus-List Chartplotter choice when you want to simply add AIS > to the display? > > > > West has a few day sale on Garmin and Raymarine chartplotters with the new > hi res sonars. > > I'm a newbie to most marine electronics. I have 20 year old Raymarine > instruments, and no plans to connect to charplotter. On Lake Superior, AIS > tells you where the freighters are, and GPS where the land is, and you > don't worry very much about running into another sailor out in the "lake" - > the one thing radar adds when its foggy.. > > > > Several friends got AIS and likely will not add radar.. > > > > I like to sail and mess with boats - but I prefer to leave the computer > programming stuff for work. > > > > Any thoughts on the simplicity of adding an AIS receiver to the display on > a Raymarine Dragonfly 7, or to Garmin Echomap 74dv? > > > > Thanks > > > > Nate > > > > Sarah Jean > > 1980 30-1 > > > > and 1994 Tartan 31 > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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