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Another Great Review for the QK-A031 Multiplexer

Test QK-A031 NMEA The multiplexer is of quality and its price is incomparable! Commissioning is easy without having to load the interface for PC or Mac operation. The wifi works very well and especially, it allows several addresses at the same time on all platforms, PC, Mac, IIOS, Andro, Linux …. The must is the […]

QK-A031 NMEA 0183 Multiplexer with SeaTalk Converter and Station Mode

One of the big bugbears of this brave new world of technological marvels is cross-compatibility.  Many customers have said to us, ‘If only it would connect with my Raymarine’ No longer! We have solved this long-standing annoyance.  Our solution: QK-A031 NMEA 0183 Multiplexer with SeaTalk Converter Able to receive input in NMEA and SeaTalk formats […]

QK-A031 Now Supports Station Mode

We always like to improve our products as we receive feedback from users so the new stock, available now, supports Station Mode: as well as Ad hoc Mode: This means you will be able to access the multiplexer remotely from anywhere on (or even off!) the vessel using a single AP or router, as well […]

Another cracking review for the QK-A021, this time from Spain!

A lovely review from Alfonso in Spain, see it in the original Spanish on our Tindie outlet      Hi. I do not speak English, so I’ll say it in Spanish, which is my language. I am delighted with AIS Receiver Google usb, it works perfectly, sometimes even without having connected the antenna. Shipping was […]

Quark-Elec AIS receiver review and Boat Beacon

Hot off the presses at Pocket Mariner a fantastic new review of our receiver working with their software.  They compared it with some other top sellers and their conclusion was: If you are on a small boat and your AIS aerial is at most 10m above sea level the VHF ship spotting horizon range will be […]

The QK-G025 in Electromagnetic Valve and Pump applications

Applications The QK-G025 module is an industrial grade product which is designed to provide remote control of pumps, valves and pipelines. As it can work in two modes, Dead Man and Timed Pulse, it can be used for a wide variety of remote applications. The two alarm inputs provide another mechanism for automatic remote monitoring […]

Another great Tindie Review see what Glen said about QK-A026

There is nothing like a good review to kick off the week and Glen Swanson of Denmark has written a cracking review of the QK-A026 that he bought from us through Tindie. https://www.tindie.com/products/Quarkelec/qk-a026-wireless-aisgps-receiver-/ You can see more details on the QK-A026 here on the blog and on our main website and buy it from our […]

New Review for QK-A021 from Netherlands

We’ve had lovely review from another happy customer in The Netherlands, it also features quite comprehensive instructions so if you read Dutch, check it out! The screen shots are easy to follow and in Chrome there is a ‘Translate this page button’which helps a lot. Nicely done and thank you Pino 🙂 The original post […]

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