Milltech Marine sells a dual channel scanning receiver (SR161) and full time dual channel receivers (SR162/SR162G/Comar receivers). What are the differences between these models?
All the units can receive AIS information from either AIS channel. The SR161 can only receive information from one channel at a time but will automatically switch to the alternate channel if it detects interference on the current channel. The SR162/SR162G, all Comar AIS receivers and all AIS transponders can receive all AIS broadcast information from both AIS channels simultaneously and consolidate the information from both channels into a single data stream. These are true dual radio receivers. This generally means you will acquire new vessels sooner with these receivers and you will also get the full information about a vessel in a shorter period of time. In practical use, this means it can take up to 12 minutes for the SR161 to acquire the full static information broadcast from an AIS transponder since the SR161 only listens on one channel at a time. The dual channel receivers pick up all transponder broadcasts therefore the maximum time to pick up the full static information broadc
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- Milltech Marine sells a dual channel scanning receiver (SR161) and full time dual channel receivers (SR162/SR162G/Comar/AMEC receivers). What are the differences between these models?
- Milltech Marine sells a dual channel scanning receiver (SR161) and full time dual channel receivers (SR162/SR162G/Comar receivers). What are the differences between these models?
- Milltech Marine sells a dual channel scanning receiver (SR161) and full time dual channel receivers (SR162/SR162G). What are the differences between these models?
