I see in another thread with some questions about position reporting in remote locations and didn't want to hijack that thread. I have a AIS ground station back in CT that covers mid Long Island Sound and I report to Marine Traffic as well as several others. I also have a roaming station onboard using my Raspberry Pi, Signal-K and Starlink as the internet connection. I know a number of Selene owners already using this setup and roaming reporting to Marine traffic is trivial if you interface your RPI to your ship network and use an AIS forwarding add-on, that is free to obtain and use with Signal-K. I can't speak for all marine electronics but Simrad is simple to integrate with the RPI over Ethernet either hardwired or wireless. I would imagine Garmin and Furuno are as well. All that is needed is that the marine electronics uses Ethernet and allow an interface with out of brand devices. Most brands do because sonar and radar rely on Ethernet to transfer all that data.
The roaming station works like the ground station receiving AIS signals within the range of the boat and sending it via the internet to Marine Traffic. That gives you a moving range of about 10 nautical miles or more in all directions. There is someone, here in Bahamas, that has several ground stations, in great RF locations, setup but I'll say most of the AIS you see, in the less populated areas, are roaming reporters. Depending on your plan Starlink will remain online while underway. We have been in the Bahamas for a week and had only occasional drop outs that quickly recovered most likely related to course changes and rocking in seas underway.
If you report to Marine Traffic, they give you a free hybrid account with additional features over the general access accounts. I mostly use the fleets feature. This allows you to build multiple fleets totaling 2000 vessels for easy tracking and 5000 notification on the movement of those vessels such as port arrivals and departures.
I encourage all owners, that already have an Raspberry Pi installed, to look at Signal K and consider remote reporting. If you don't have a RPI, consider it as well. There are under $100, use very little power with no moving parts and with Signal K, which is free, you can do all kinds or monitoring and automation. Signal-k reads and transmits NMEA 0183 and 2000. I can get very geeky about all the other things you can do but Signal-K really is a game changer if you want to modernize parts of an older boat for little cost.
I've been using this setup for a couple years now and would be happy to answer questions to get anyone started because, I feel, it improves the whole AIS network.
Joe and Linda
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