User's Manual

Table Of Contents
NACOS Platinum
ED 3100 G 140 / 04 (2011-11)
Operating Instructions
F-1 AIS
F SENSORS.fm / 10.11.11
F-4
1.1 AIS Summarized Briefly
In addition to the ARPA electronics, the Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) auto-
matically provides the ship's nautical officers with important information about nearby vessels or other
relevant objects within VHF range.
The AIS system transmits own ship data cyclically via two defined VHF channels and receives the same
data of the other ships and objects that are equipped with AIS systems.