AIS for Vera

Requirements

Hardware

AIS receiver (must support NMEA 0183 output compatible with ITU-R 1371)

Some vessels equipped with AIS transponder within reception range

DIY AIS receiver for less than $20

USB DVB-T stick supported by SDR software (e.g., chipset RTL2832U and tuner R820T)

AIS antenna, optional: waterproof enclosure

Windows PC

SDR#

AISMon

NMEARouter

optional: AIS Decoder

or

Raspberry Pi (untested)

Rtl_fm

AIS Decoder

Software

AIS4Vera plugin [to be published]

Installation

[tbc]

Limitations

[tbc]

Further reading

[tbc]