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Check these Killer June 2010 Specials .............
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HDS8M only R19 720
The HDS8M will have full sonar functionality as well as chart once linked to either a HDS5, 7, 8 or 10
- Internal 16-channel GPS+WAAS (GPS+EGNOS+MSAS for non-Americas) Antenna
- Brilliant, New 8"/20.3 cm SolarMAX™ Plus Display
- Built-in High-Definition Insight™ Mapping Options (Americas) or Navionics World Background map (non-Americas)
- Largest Selection of Chartcard Options Including Navionics® Platinum+ with TurboView™
- Ethernetworks and NMEA 2000® Performance Networking Options, including Broadband Sounder
- Expanded New 3-Year Limited Warranty
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22 November 2009
Lowrance HDS8 with Structure/DownScan (LSS-1) R33 000.00 (save R7000)
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August 2009
Legend Special: LCX37c R21 250.00 * With 3 Year Warranty
Limited Stock!
This is in my opinion the best Sonar ever made:
Large 8.4” SolarMax Screen
Crisp 800 x 600 pixel image
8000 watts of peak to peak power
Super fast menu function.
This unit complete usually sells for R38 490.00
Head unit without transducer & GPS – R23 100.00
LGC3000 GPS receiver – R3 650.00
50/200kHz Transducer – R2 040.00
Broadband LBS-1 converter – R9 700.00
*T&C Apply
HDS-5 @ R10 500*
High Definition Broadband Sounder Technology*including 83/200kHz skimmer transducer
Includes a 3 year warranty by Lowrance SA!
We have stock - order today and we post / courier to you immediately (postage not included)- NO WAITING!
***SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR ARTICLE ON HDS BROADBAND***
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High Definition Broadband:
What is it?
This is what the Lowrance website says-
The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
HDS Highest-Definition Broadband Fishfinding
- Less Noise, More Targets
- Crystal-Clear Clarity
- Greater Shallow-Water Detail and Coverage
- Incredible Deep-Water Performance
- Expandability at No Extra Cost
Comments:
If a picture tells a thousand words, then this little picture would normally only say about 20.
BUT … there is something very important to notice here:- This is the broadband at 83kHz and not 200kHz! (it would have been nice if they mentioned that here) “How do you know that?” you might ask. The majority of the arches have very long ‘tails’. This means that these fish are not directly below the boat, but around the outer perimeter of the cone*. This image tells us that it has a very large outer perimeter, as in a 60º cone of the 83kHz transducer.
*These are ‘cones’, or the ‘eye’ of the transducer:
And it shows a clear thermocline with hardly no clutter in the mid section! To us ‘echo heads’ this goes well into the paranormal. Usually you would need at least a ½oz tungsten sinker at least to see it in the 83kHz range. But now you will be able to not only see the sinker while drop shotting over the transducer, but you’ll see the worm as well!
What this means is that at only 41% of the frequency, you are getting the same echo definition and target separation as the 200kHz.
Most of you that have tried this with your standard 200kHz might say, “but I’ve done that!” But have you done it with 83kHz? Why would you want to do it on the 83kHz? The 83kHz is giving you a much larger FOV, field of view. That means that you can drift quite a ways before you will lose ‘sight’ of your lure.
“Drop shotting and 83kHz is for sissies” you might say, “what about where all the real fishermen play, the 200kHz?”
My first statement here is quite simple … “If it’s that good at 83, can you just imagine at 200?!”
That’s a typical salesman pitch I know, so let me try explaining it a bit better.
The echo we are transmitting up until now can be compared to this:-
Being played on this:-
With this effect
But broadband can be compared to this :-
Being played on this:-
With this effect:-
In summary:-
Ever wondered why the Nikon D90 sells for around R10 000.00 with a 12.3 mega pixel image…
And yet, the Nikon D3 sells for around R70 000.00 which only has a 12.1 mega pixel image!
So order your New HDS Broadband today - fishton@fishtec.co.za
