Technical Description

Physical
  • Dimensions 215 x 150 x 45 mm (L x W x H)
  • Weight 685g (M4-B unit only)
Power
  • DC (9.6V - 15.6V)
  • Average power consumption 4W
  • Peak current rating 2A
GPS Receiver (AIS Internal)
  • 16 channel IEC 61108-1 compliant
  • Electrical Interfaces RS232 38.4kBaud bi-directional
  • RS422 NMEA 38.4kBaud bi-directional
Connectors
  • VHF antenna connector
  • GPS antenna connector
  • RS232/RS422/Power/External switch
VHF Transceiver
  • Transmitter x 1
  • Receiver x 2 (One receiver time shared between AIS and DSC)
  • Frequency: 156.025 to 162.025 MHz in 25 kHz steps
Output Power
  • 33dBm ± 1.5 dB
Channel Bandwidth
  • 25kHz
Channel Step
  • 25kHz
Modulation Modes
  • 25kHz GMSK (AIS, TX and RX)
  • 25kHz AFSK (DSC, RX only)
Bit rate
  • 9600 b/s ± 50 ppm (GMSK)
  • 1200 b/s ± 30 ppm (FSK)
RX Sensitivity
  • Less than -107dBm at 20% PER
  • Co-channel 10dB
  • Adjacent channel 70dB
  • IMD 65dB
  • Blocking 84dB
Environmental
  • Water resistant to IPx7
  • Operating temperature: -25ºC to +55ºC
  • Tested to IEC 60945 ‘Protected’ category
Indicators
  • Power
  • TX timeout
  • error
  • status
Operator Controls

Single switch configurable to enable either silent mode or safety related message functions

Configuration