6/29/2023 0 Comments Anchor alarm![]() ![]() That’s where two AIS transponder features come into play. But the trouble with conventional anchor watches, as I learned from Panbo commenters a year ago, is that they think your anchor is where the GPS antenna was when you set the alarm, which is probably not at your bow. It’s fairly obvious that an exceptionally low power display - only 3 watts without putting it in silent mode - with a built-in GPS and even an external high current alarm relay can serve as a conventional anchor watch. And it can be an especially effective anchor watch thanks to the intrinsic nature of AIS and the WatchMate’s particular characteristics… But an extra feature that hadn’t been developed back then, and still isn’t mentioned on the Vesper site, is the ability to use the unit as an anchor watch. The Vesper Marine WatchMate 850 Class B AIS transponder, which just received FCC approval this week, is already a very interesting product, as discussed here on Panbo in September.
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