[PSUBS-MAILIST] lowrance multibeam.

[Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Alan, Typical  transducers have no hollow spaces so they would be okay
for at least our depths..

 

I cut the cable of my Humminbird 999 SI  transducer to mount it outside the
hull. No problem (well, at least not till 50 metres..)

 

Alec, No direct intentions to purchase but is a interesting psubs
instrument. The sonar should work without GPS but better know for sure.

 

Emile

 

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Van: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org]
Namens Alan James via Personal_Submersibles
Verzonden: zondag 13 september 2015 21:43
Aan: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
Onderwerp: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] lowrance multibeam.

 

Hi Emile,

I have been looking at the simrad forward scan. And have talked with

sales 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 away

without buying that module.

Lowrance
<http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Resources1/Lowrance/Products/Manual-Product-L
istings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx>  HDS-5 Gen2 | Fishfinder GPS
Chartplotter




 


 

 
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istings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx> image

 

 

 

 

 


 
<http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Resources1/Lowrance/Products/Manual-Product-L
istings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx> Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Fishfinder GPS
Chartplotter

The Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 fishfinder / chartplotter offers the best HDSR
viewing experience. High-performance marine electronics with GPS, sonar and
mapping op...


 


 
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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't

promoted with that capacity. However a knowlegeable sales rep thought that
if I coated the transducer with

a 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

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From: Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles
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To: 'Personal Submersibles General Discussion'
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Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] lowrance multibeam.

 

http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/Sonar/

 

forgot the link..

 

Emile

 

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Van: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org]
Namens Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles
Verzonden: zondag 13 september 2015 12:22
Aan: 'Personal Submersibles General Discussion'
Onderwerp: [PSUBS-MAILIST] lowrance multibeam.

 

Hi,

 

Lowrance is offering a affordable multibeam fishfinder .

Would be nice for a Psub.. 

Does somebody know if the unit is working without GPS signal?

 

Regards, Emile van Essen

 

 

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