Quote Originally Posted by cevans View Post
CHIRP equals a sweep pattern of sound within a long-duration transmit pulse across a frequency range. The sound energy that goes into the water from CHIRP is many times greater than that emitted by traditional sonar. A CHIRP unit simply sends and receives a ton of information.

i copied this out of Sport Fishing Magazine for their definition. Alphahawk and Rickie can put it into better terms


That's about as simple an explanation as I could give ...

More data collected = more data that can be displayed ...

Rickie