Peter Hendra wrote:
I wish to install a 2nd depth sounder.

I have a Raytheon ST60 series sounder and a Navman 450 combo paddle-wheel log
and depth. The Raytheon is already in use but I wish to install the Navman depth
transducer as a backup and a check. It also will measure greater depths than the
Raytheon which sometimes comes up with shallow depths in turbulent water - when
the chart says 3,000 metres. I don't want to adjust its sensitivity.

Questions - Will there be interference to either or do both filter out through
being different wave lengths or somesuch?

How far apart do they have to be?

What else haven't I thought of?

You're right in the raymarine depth sensor not being much good in deep
water; mine craps out at about 150-160m (guess it's about 500 feet
that's the real limit) and the behaviour at the boundary is not very
good. It can take a while for it to register "LAST" instead of "DEPTH".

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Kees