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Originally Posted by pschoonveld
AIS is no replacement for radar. Radar can show you fixed objects as well as moving. At this point, AIS is almost entirely just commercial. What about that fishing boat or other sailor that is out in the fog as well?
These are two very different tools, with very different purposes.
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Understood, and I am asking if I should ADD AIS to radar. It's the radar TARGET that would be substituted, according to the dealer. My concern is being visible to commercial traffic, which broadcast AIS would do.
You bring up a good point, pschoonveld.
Reading between the lines, radar will give me more knowledge of non-commercial traffic than AIS could at this point, given its newness for private/civilian traffic. And I hadn't thought of being visible to radar-equipped private traffic, who do not have the relatively new AIS. Perhaps I should go for a receive AIS module and a radar scatter on the mast.???