August 10, 2020

Integration of the AIT5000 with NKE autopilot & instruments and Weather4D

  Here are some ideas from a real life Digital Yacht AIT5000 installation with iPad connectivity and integration with world beating NKE sailboat instrumentation and autopilot control. NKE is a French company that has been developing instruments and pilots dedicated to the ocean yacht racing market for more than 30 years.  […]
May 4, 2020

Digital Update May 2020 Now Available For Download

The latest edition of Digital Update (May 2020) is now available to download from HERE or click on the image below In this issue, we look at solutions – combining our equipment with 3rd party products to create great value, practical and powerful systems for your boat.  This month, we focus on boat […]
May 1, 2020

Integrating an AIT2500 transponder with an Icom M506 VHF Radio

Digital Yacht Solutions – Overview The AIT2500 is Digital Yacht’s latest SOTDMA 5W Class B+ AIS transponder. It can integrate with NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 systems. The Icom M506 is an AIS ready VHF which is normally supplied with an internal AIS receiver. Many boaters want AIS transmission capability […]
July 31, 2019

Cutting Edge Technology on a Classic Motor Yacht

It is always good to hear where Digital Yacht products end up being installed, so we were extremely pleased when Matthew Riches, a marine and industrial electrician, who works out of Harbour Marine Services at Southwold and Ipswich Boatyards told us all about his latest installation aboard a classic motor […]
November 26, 2018
Explanation of the new AIS Class B SOTDMA

White Paper on New Class B “SOTDMA” technology

Many people are unaware of the recent approval of a new AIS Class B “SOTDMA” technology that sits nicely between the two existing Class A and Class B technologies. Clear online information about Class B “SOTDMA” still seems to be in short supply, so we have produced a White Paper […]
September 30, 2018

Digital Yacht at Annapolis Sail Show – Booth A8

Digital Yacht will be exhibiting at the Annapolis SailBoat Show, October 4-8. Come by and find us on booth A8.  We’ll have new products on display including Nomad, our portable Class B AIS system with wireless and USB interfaces, USB portable power and a portable AIS antenna for a truly […]
August 23, 2018

VSWR Explained

AIS Transponders are generally very reliable pieces of kit that can work for many years. Both transmitting  position and receiving the positions of AIS equipped vessels within VHF range of your boat. There are basically three things that an AIS Transponder needs in order to work correctly. An easy way […]
March 17, 2017

Wireless AIS Configuration App for Android

Our proAIS2 software for configuring and checking our latest generation of AIS transponders is a useful tool, but only being Windows and Mac compatible, it does have its limitations. With this in mind, we have developed an Android App that allows you to do pretty much everything that proAIS2 does, […]