Salvamento Marítimo incorpora AIS en sus aeronaves
Salvamento Maritimo (SM), the Department of the Government in charge of rescues in Spanish waters, will have its own airplane, named Isabel de Villena, dedicated to cover the southern mediterranean, and will be based in Valencia. SM will have 3 more aircraft very soon.
We are glad to know that this aircraft will count with an AIS receiver, confirming the importance of counting with such an identification system for SAR missions.
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Salón Náutico de Madrid
Atlantic Source has been present in the Nautical Exhibition in Madrid, at the 10th pavillion at IFEMA, at its stand number 10E530.
Atlantic Source & True Heading
Atlantic Source, S.L. company specialized in AIS projects, distributes in Spain communication equipment produced by swedish company True Heading AB. You can see our products visiting our online shop here .
True Heading has done important consulting projects for maritime organizations in many countries, and is especially focused on producing class B transponders that receive and transmit boat data according to the AIS standard . This standard is compulsory for large and passenger ships already, and eventually becoming more and more popular for smaller boats thanks to the recent approval of the class B standard.
Atlantic Source also wants to carry out a training campaign about what we believe AIS will mean in the future of e-navigation, and to clear out a little bit the existing confusion in the leisure sailing environment. We are writing several articles about that topic which you can reach in the menu on the right.
AIS según Yacht Magazine
AIS is a key technology according to this prestigious magazine in year 2006.
“Since it was made available in the U.S. about 18 months ago, AIS has revolutionized marine traffic communications. AIS, a vessel’s automatic identification system, is the maritime equivalent of a radar transponder in the air-traffic control system. The AIS transponder (a combination of a transmitter and receiver) broadcasts a signal that tells every AIS receiver in range the vessel’s MMSI (or maritime address), position and a lot more. The signal is transmitted on VHF channel 87B or 88B and can be received and decoded with a relatively inexpensive AIS receiver. Connect the AIS receiver’s output to a compatible chart plotter or radar display and an icon of the reporting vessel pops up on the screen, changing what was an anonymous blip to a named vessel. A key click will disclose the vessel’s course, heading, speed and type, plus its length, beam, draft and destination. The value of this information, especially in congested waters, is obvious. Need to communicate with the vessel? If you already know its MMSI, enter it in your VHF/DSC radio, choose a working channel, press the radio’s enter button and you will be in contact. If you navigate busy commercial waters an AIS receiver should be high on your priority list.“