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Appendix A | V5035 Operator and Installation Manual
VDO – AIS VHF Data-Link Own-Vessel Report
This sentence is used to transfer the entire contents of an AIS unit’s
broadcast message packet, as defined in ITU-R M.1371 and as sent
out by the AIS unit over the VHF data link (VDL) using the “six-bit”
field type.
!--VDO,x,x,x,a,s—s,x*hh<CR><LF>
Field No. Format Description Remark
1 x
Total number of sentences needed to transfer the
message
2 x
Sentence number
3 x Sequential message identifier
4 a AIS channel
5 s—s Encapsulated ITU-R M.1371 radio message
6 x Number of fill-bits