[PSUBS-MAILIST] lowrance multibeam.

[Alan James via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Emile,I have been looking at the simrad forward scan. And have talked withsales reps & the N.Z. Simrad manager. Both simrad & Lowrance are Navico brands.You plug the transducer in to the gen2 module which has GPS. So you can't get awaywithout buying that module.Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Fishfinder GPS Chartplotter

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They do the software here in Auckland, but Navico is based in Tulsa Oklahoma. Doug of submarineboat lives there & has been experimenting with adapting a scanning unit for his rov.They make the transducers somewhere in Europe, & I haven't found out yet what pressure they are rated for.The N.Z. manager seemed to think that if you tried to shoot through the hull it wouldn't work well & it isn'tpromoted with that capacity. However a knowlegeable sales rep thought that if I coated the transducer witha thin layer of fiberglass & had it external to the hull it would operate OK. Just make sure there are no air voids between the transducers plastic housing & the fiberglass.The simrad transducer looks to be more of a solid compact unit than the lowrance version.Be interested to see how you go, or if you find any more information.Cheers Alan      From: Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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Van: Personal_Submersibles[mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] Namens  Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles
Verzonden: zondag 13 september2015 12:22
Aan: 'Personal SubmersiblesGeneral Discussion'
Onderwerp: [PSUBS-MAILIST]lowrance multibeam.    Hi,    Lowrance is offering a affordable multibeamfishfinder . Would be nice for a Psub..  Does somebody know if the unit is working without GPSsignal?    Regards, Emile van Essen    
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