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The Simrad RS100-B seems to ring all the bells when an HS-40 wireless handset is added. One last bit of info that I'm looking for. Does the microphone and the wireless handset show AIS targets on their little screens? Can one tap a target and communicate or only through a connected MFD?
$1,600 for the radio and $200 for a wireless handset. With tax and a bit of mounting hardware it comes to 2 boat dollars. Maybe for Christmas.
It appears you are in the market of the Cortex as well as far as price is concerned...and features for that matter. I am not familiar with the unit above, but one thing Vesper offers, whether you go with the Cortex or just their 800 series transiever, is WiFi! Vesper and Emtrak are the only ones that I know of that has WiFi out. I am not sure if that is important to you but it is awfully convenient to be able to be running software or an app on a stand alone device and have AIS information on that device. Just a thought!!