May - 2017

Last Atlantic Buoy Message?

Update: Buoy answered this question. Back with another report to the NE this morning. Can't keep this buoy down, literally in this...

Today we completed final AIS testing of the V3 Drifting Buoy. Buoys were placed at the waterline and set to collect and report AIS...

Introducing V3 Buoys with AIS receivers undergoing final testing in salt water tank. Self-righting pipe temporarily removed and without...

Here's a plot of the Iridium SBD message delay from nominal (11 min after the hr). Since March there's been a marked increase in the...

Today there were more GPS dropouts. When that happens, I will plot the Iridium derived location (kms of accuracy vs meters) and signify...

Atlantic Buoy has gone full circle in two months. Overlaying the state of MD for a distance comparison. Rough diameter is 100 NM.

For the first time in over 1100 reports, Atlantic Buoy didn't send a GPS coordinate this morning. The approximate location plotted is the...

Atlantic Buoy seems to like the area near 43.5N and 22W. It's been within a 50 NM radius of that location for the past two months.