We can all agree that the salt water environment is brutal on wiring. Why not take every advantage in this battle? You don’t want to leave out this one critical step that will protect your wires and keep things working like they should.

Automatic Identification System, or AIS, is now required on some vessels. Even if you are not one of those required to transmit your location, it might be a smart thing to do when you have other traffic around.

This conversation comes up frequently and it turns into a short discussion on exactly what a GPS receiver can and cannot do when it comes to figuring out which direction you are going...or in this case, heading.

As usual, things are not so simple in the last frontier. The challenges are numerous when it comes to installation and maintenance of remote sites necessary for the Rescue 21 radio network.