Watch Cycle Observations 05 Nov 2005
In my recent watch cycle I have encountered the following issues:
- Several vessels heading digitizer (feed to the AIS) is either off or not synchronized
- Static data is incorrect ( in this particular case, no ship dimensions)
- Pilot plug is not wired to the AIS junction box
- No gyro heading feed to AIS
- Obvious lack of crew training with the AIS unit
... a Pilot