Hi All,

I brought an AIS unit cheap at the Sydney boat show.

I am having trouble deciding how to set the thing up.

Option One:
Get a splitter for the UHF radio, extra cost $230.

Option Two:
Get a separate antenna, but as there are no fittings for attaching it to a rail has to go on a flat plate/deck.
cost $70+ cost of SS fixing plate and fixing.

So what have those who have AIS done and how has it panned out.

There is talk that radio broadcast power is lost with a splitter. Is this true in practise?