Wishing you could get a heading sensor gps puck for Lowrance

[mduncan62]

Well guess what. It's coming soon! I was going to buy another LGC-4000, guess that's on the back burner now!

Panbo: The Marine Electronics Hub: Navico: new GPS/Heading sensor & VHF/GPS handheld

[rnvinc]

Cewl....I love industry competition...

Rickie

[mduncan62]

Cewl....I love industry competition...

Rickie

Me too! In April, I'll have 10Hz and Heading on NMEA 2000. Competition benefits all of us!

[mduncan62]

Raymarine has DI using CHIRP now too. Crazy. Sonar GPS | Raymarine Dragonfly

[CarolinaJim]

This is from fishtec

"The problem with the Lowrance Chart Plotter is not the speed or accuracy of the receiver, but rather the slow refresh rate and heading correction of the charts when navigating accurately to a waypoint at low speed. If the receiver is refreshing at 5Hz, and now there is the 10Hz coming out soon, and the chart plotter can only refresh the screen at 1Hz, it defeats the object. Changing the trails from auto to time/1sec and selecting the bow unit's GPS receiver from the Network Data Sources menu, does make it a little easier.
John "

Looks like the 10Hz on the HDS is going to do anything

[mduncan62]

I think the jury is out on this. I can tell you for certain that the 5Hz outperforms the internal. We shall see. The worst case scenario is there will be a nmea 2000 Heading sensor for Lowrance, which is a win.

[Rees Guide]

I think the jury is out on this. I can tell you for certain that the 5Hz outperforms the internal. We shall see. The worst case scenario is there will be a nmea 2000 Heading sensor for Lowrance, which is a win.

So the 5Hz does outpefor the internal?

[mduncan62]

I and everyone I know that has one would say yes. Faster lock, I noticed performance in the charting also.

[CarolinaJim]

After reading more on this over on bbc I was surprised at the issues. I thought the Low team did not have this amount of issues getting on a waypoint at slow speed.

[Rees Guide]

I and everyone I know that has one would say yes. Faster lock, I noticed performance in the charting also.

Very glad to hear that, will check mine out this weekend.