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Our quick start guides for the Marine Electronic receivers & multiplexers
The QK-A021 AIS Receiver Dongle
Welcome to our articles and information on the A021 channel-hopping, receive-only USB dongle AIS receiver.
The QK-A021 AIS Receiver Dongle uses a patented algorithm to monitor both channels of AIS information alternately and then outputs them via USB.
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Or for advice on our easy to use, entry level, AIS receiver USB dongle ( with up to 45 nautical miles receiving range) and how to start simply read the articles below.
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Latest field test of Patented Auto-hopping Algorithm
Latest field test of Patented Autohopping Algorithm Quark-elec AIS Receivers QK-A021 and A023 feature our Patented Auto-hopping algorithm. The facility to select operator set intervals for auto-hopping is newly available and will be supported in the A021 V2.0 (to be released in Jan 2018) and the A023 (from Dec 2017). An integral part of inventing and developing sophisticated algorithms is the field testing process, […]
Updated AIS Receiver Quick Reference Chart
We have introduced two new products since the last Quick Reference chart was posted – QK-A031 Multiplexer, which has proved very popular and the newly released QK-A027 SeaTalk Converting AIS Receiver with GPS and WiFi.
Which Application should I use with my Quark-Elec AIS Receiver?
A question we get asked a lot! There are an ever increasing number of Apps out there now, some good, some….less so. We could go out and test every single one, but then we wouldn’t have time to do the R&D which drives our products forward. We love the R&D part of our job, so […]
Windows 10 and AIS Receivers – Quick Reference Guide
All of our Marine Electronics are compatible with Windows 7/8 and 10. The drivers will support most set ups back to XP and they should self-install. A new COM port will automatically show up in Device Manager when you plug it in. The USB connection can always be checked using a Terminal Monitoring Application such […]
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 […]