ICOM AIS receiver for sale

A friend of mine at work has posted this for sale. Thought I'd share it here in case someone wants to dip their toe into AIS.
I'm not the seller, but I know him and would be happy to pass along interest or inquiries for anyone here.

Note that this is a *receiver* only - not a transponder.

Bruce

I’d like to buy it if still available
Neal

I checked with him just now, he says he has an offer and a backup if that one falls through.

I asked him to add you to the queue, just in case.

Bruce

Just heard from the guy... the deals fell through because he couldn't find the thing when it came time to deliver it. (I know that feeling...)

He now has it in hand, so... it's up for grabs again. Let me know if (still) interested.

That’s an interesting device. You might also find the Quark-Elec QK-A026 intriguing at about $110. (I had to shop around for that price, eBay shows them at $140.) Unlike this ICOM, the Quark AIS receiver has an integrated GPS, which requires only an $8 GPS antenna. It also has a WiFi output that works with iNavX and other charting software on iPads, iPhones, and laptops including Macs. I consider that a killer feature since I never installed a chart plotter.

However, the Quark’s integrated GPS might be redundant for many, and it lacks the ICOM’s integrated VHF antenna splitter. I was going to just add another VHF antenna to my pushpit for AIS-receive-only, but it turns out that Glomex makes a cheap $40 splitter that also has an FM antenna output. (Brand name VHF splitters are 5x that).

So for $175 including some wires I added AIS via WiFi, plus GPS to my DSC-compatible VHF, which for never having had a dedicated chartplotter I thought was a pretty good value.

Https://www.quark-elec.com/onlinemall/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=83

They also have the Quark A023 which is just the AIS WiFi receiver, no GPS, no NMEA data out (and no splitter).

No affiliation with Quark, just a (new) customer who is also new to AIS.