New stereo and Sat Weather

[RussGW270]

Okay, so going to throw this out there and see what you all do.

Honestly, I forgot what I had on my bay boat, but I think I had the Sirius 24nm plan for 29 a month.

Now, the stereo system on the new boat, I am told, is not working. The guy is sending the paperwork back and threw in a $600 check to replace an aft bilge pump and the stereo system. I told him he did not have to do that, but he is just a nice guy and insisted so...

The speakers are Kenwood and I bet work great.

I looked and the Sirius plan is 24nm for 29 a month or like 75nm for 60 a month. Seems nuts, but weather seems important...heh.

So, someone said get it through the radio, not sure what they are talking about, butimo, I will not see myself going past 24nm on a regular basis....but not sure if you can pay as needed if you want to go further.

So, you guys have more experience with this, if you were going to add a new stereo, and needed /wanted weather...what would you buy?

My list of stuff I think I need is:

1 - stereo?
2 - gps antenna
3 - sat antenna
4 - A second vhf antenna

Hrm, what am I missing?

Oh, today the Simrad RS35 I got for 171 and a Simrad nmea micro-c backbone.

 

[SkunkBoat]

WX band on your VHF. Free....

 

[RussGW270]

See, Skunk...that is why they pay you the big bucks lol.

Yea, listening to the weather is far better than paying for a visual. Mostly just yakking. The shippers are headed to Florida so may have the boat by the weekend and was just debating what stereo to install when it gets here.

With a second chf, I can have the old one turned to weather and the new one on 16.

So, you guys do not use the xm?

Thought I would add the antenna just in case since it is not that expensive to add.

As far as a stereo, never really care about music, but nice to have a usb connection for the phone and I can load it with music

 

[Ky Grady]

I've got Sirius wx overlay on my gps and wx on the vhf, can see and hear!!!

 

[RussGW270]

Nice

Still early, so I do not need to decide right away. I got the nmea 2000 backbone, as recommended, just trying to figure what anyennas I will need to prep for on the new top and make sure I get the right stereo that works with it all etc. I have a 10” Garmin fish finder, so will want to probably get a Garmin gps antenna and sat antenna, unless I plan to add a 2nd one and use Lowrance. Never used anything but Lowrance, but heard Garmin is top notch

 

[Family Tradition Fishing]

So my xm weather comes through my Garmin 4212. The only real benefit I've noticed with mine is being able to see weather beyond my radar range. I do also have SiriusXM's radio run seperate through a JL audio mm100, music is important to me. The satellite weather has been nice on several occasions assisting me running between storms on the way in from 70+ miles out.

 

[RussGW270]

So my xm weather comes through my Garmin 4212. The only real benefit I've noticed with mine is being able to see weather beyond my radar range. I do also have SiriusXM's radio run seperate through a JL audio mm100, music is important to me. The satellite weather has been nice on several occasions assisting me running between storms on the way in from 70+ miles out.

So, you pay the 60 a month subscription?

Not sure it would be worth a monthly thing for me....may see if they have a subscription I can upgrade for the weekends I plan to go further out heh.. I have seen plans like that on other things, but not sure if they have one.

Thanks!

R

 

[Family Tradition Fishing]

Fairly certain they dont have a weekend or occasional plan. I could be mistaken but I dont recall that as an option. I pay $30 for the weather and 10 for the stereo. I also go 40-80 miles out as often as the weather allows so it's a decent value for me. There's one subscription above the one I chose and if memory serves it was $60. I didnt see the extra value for the extra services.

 

[RussGW270]

Yes, the $30 option has weather out to 24nm.. the 60 plan has it to like 75. Another reason to dislike Sirius.. lol..

No big deal. Mostly planning and daydreaming...

Thanks FTF

R