Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 67 Ron Allen, AIS and Ham Radio

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In this episode I talk to Ron Allen one of my listeners who reached out and asked to review my ASA courses. Over a period of several months I got know Ron and I thought the my listeners would benefit from some of his information on ham radio AIS and what it’s like to live through a hurricane and lose a boat.

Ron goes into quite a bit detail on the AIS here are some links to some information on Wikipedia on this system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Identification_System

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=aismain

And here is a link to the map which shows the current location of all ships equipped with the AIS system

https://www.marinetraffic.com/

I wanted to check out what was happening in Istanbul and one of the most busy waterways in the world the Bosporus Strait and this is what I came up with. On the web if you click any of the ships it will give you details, pretty cool stuff.

Here’s a link to a list of ham radio Maritime Nets

http://www.docksideradio.com/Cruising%20Nets.htm

And here’s a link on becoming an amateur radio operator (HAM)

Also checkout the 59 Degree North Podcast at http://59-north.com/

If you’re interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam
https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig
Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam
https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK
Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam
https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh
Sailing in the Mediterranean Website
https://www.medsailor.com

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