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Not too long ago, marine electronics were pretty much one-dimensional. If you bought a radar, it displayed targets that came within range of its transceiver. That was it. If you were operating an inshore boat, your communications were normally restricted to a VHF radio. You could expect to have a voice conversation with skippers on other boats or someone ashore. And that was about it.
Technology, along with customer demands for more versatility, has pushed the electronics industry into building marine equipment capable of performing more than one task.
The result is that radars now work with automatic identification systems (AIS) and automatic radar ...