B&G H50 Wireless VHF Handset - Manual (Page 64)

10-4 AIS Information and display
CAUTION
Not all vessels transmit AIS information and therefore not all vessels will be displayed
or listed in the following AIS screens.
AIS vessel information can be displayed on the radios LCD screen:
1.
Press the AIS/IC button to display the AIS plotter screen
Note: You must have LAT/LON position information for targets to be displayed on the
plotter PPI.
2. AIS target details will be displayed on the left of the screen. Either the vessels name or
MMSI will be displayed (if the information is available) depending on the setting you
selected in Section "6-2 AIS data display format (AIS DISPLAY)". Also the targets bearing
and distance to you are displayed.
Note: it could take some time before AIS targets are displayed.
3. A simple plotter PPI on the right hand side of the LCD shows the geographical location
of the AIS targets with respect to your position which is in the center of the plotter PPI.
4. Press the Zoom In (3CH +/-) or Zoom Out (Scan) keys to change the scale of the plotter.
The scale available is 1nm / 2 nm / 4 nm / 8 nm / 16 nm / 32 nm.
5. Press the AIS/IC key again to change the display to T/CPA Approach screen.
6. Rotate the knob to highlight any AIS target shown on the plotter screen. The selected
target will have the target symbol filled in.
NAME:OCEANIC.DISCOVERER
MMSI:503492000 IMO: 9292747
CALL SIGN:VMQ8808
DIST: 1.62nM BEAR: 285 °
TCPA: ----- HEADING: 195.0 °
CPA: 1.62nM ROT: 0.0 /min
WIDTH: 0.0m SOG: 9.9KTS
LENGTH: 60.0m COG: 219.0 °
RECEIVED: 1M19S LAT: 36 °45.785’S
DRAUGHT:----- LON:174 °49.157’E
TYPE: PASSENGER SHIP - ALL SHIPS
OF THIS TYPE
STATUS:UNDERWAY USING ENGINE
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