Gear Articles
Staying in tune with the aim of enhancing marine adventures, Icom UK has extended its online Marine Knowledge Base with a fresh batch of informative articles. Designed to deepen the understanding of mariners and organizations that utilize Icom VHF marine radios, these new pieces serve up a rich repository of vital information and tips.
First among the recent additions to the knowledge bank is an exhaustive exploration of the Squelch function on maritime VHF radios. It delves into the technicalities of how the function operates and offers useful advice on how to employ it optimally to ameliorate on-water communications. This piece will surely provide mariners an edge while navigating the waters.
For many seafarers, the most dreadful experiences involve collisions. Whether it’s an unexpected encounter with another vessel, an unnoticed swimmer in the open water, or an encounter with a semi-submerged log, these nightmares can turn into reality with just a moment’s distraction. Enter the SEA.AI Watchkeeper, an innovative and intuitive solution engineered to alleviate these fears.
The SEA.AI Watchkeeper, a virtual watchkeeper, never rests. Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, it stays alert for any impending collision threats and issues timely alerts. Leveraging a robust combination of highly sensitive low-light and thermal vision cameras, it can detect objects that even advanced radar and AIS systems could overlook. It can identify potential hazards from a database housing over 18 million images of various identified items, notifying the skipper with both visual and audio alerts.