electronics upgrade question
The_navigator© wrote in
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I have also seen this with my Raytheon color sonar. Think big balls of
fish and bootom far away?
Mm hmm.
Bertie
Cheers MC
Mike wrote:
Been pondering for awhile how to upgrade the electronics on the boat.
I guess they were state of the art in 1979 (loran, ancient GPS,
Raytheon R10X radar, etc) but the radar is broken, loran is kind of
an old joke, and the GPS probably has wooden components. The radar
needs a new magnetron tube that would cost over $600 just for the
part, so that's out of the question. The old depthsounder gives good
readings in shallow water, but tends to go crazy in deep water,
sometimes showing very shallow depths for no particular reason. I
was thinking I had a submarine 20' under me quite often on the trip
up Baja! Was leaning a little towards the whiz-bang mapping GPS with
radar overlay technology, but after reading about split screen
mapping GPS/sonar units in Practical Sailor, I'm now thinking of
going that route with a stand-alone radar. I really like the idea of
seeing bottom contours next to the "you are here" GPS display right
at the helm. Any thoughts? What would you do, and why?
Mike
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