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Cumulus

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Receiver Sensitivity
« on: February 07, 2012, 10:30:14 AM »


Hi,

What is the quoted Receiver Sensitivity and the nmea data rate.

Rgds

Peter

Lou

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Re: Receiver Sensitivity
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 04:12:07 PM »
I don`t know what the sensitivity is in numbers but I can tell you that it is more sensitiive than my NasaMarine AIS2its good for an extra 3/4 nautical miles,thee baud rate is 38400.Regards Lou

tarbat

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Re: Receiver Sensitivity
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 05:33:34 PM »
It's also more sensitive than my Comar AIS-2-USB receiver.  I did some testing during beta development, and found the ShipTrax hardware typically received and decoded 40%-50% more messages, and range was increased by 3-4 miles.

Here's the analysis I did:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarbat/6857463511/sizes/o/in/photostream/