Thread: Humminbird?????

whats the catch to mounting transducers on 997. my transducer is kinda in front of my motor,on the back of my boat is this a problem?

you have to mount it 15" away or more from your main motor.
it also has to have smooth hull in front of it so you don't get bubbles flowing across the TD.
Mine works great, sure can find structure on the bottom I didn't know was there.

its approx. 15" but offset to right side of motor. the transducer now is level with the bottom of the boat when motor trimmed down completely about 5 inches betweeen boat and motor. it should shoot below that according to angles in manual

Finely got my Lowrance back and they did an exchange.. It works. The 997 works great. Real easy to use but I have to make a bracket for the transducer. But boy I’m happy with it. I ran both units together and only had trouble with the lowrance when I was in forty ft. or more of water. If the bracket doesn’t work I’ll leave both units on the boat. I was also worried about the sonar on the 997 and now I think it’s better then on Lawrence…. Thank for all the input

Originally Posted by DTG

I run 2 595 humminbirds and you have to turn one of them off. i get static off them when both are running dont know why but i do. i run hotmaps usa and us navagable rivers they are pretty close but not exact.

If both are running same transponder frequency, and they are within a close proximity of one another, either unit can pick up the main or harmonic frequency of the other. This causes strange things to appear.

I found your post on SI yahoo groups. I see you got the same response I got when I asked the same question. Zilch.. I am not supprized. Bunch of Bassturds there. Humminbird guys were visiting here for a while. Somebody must of peed on their campfire. Prob me.

If you can, takesome pictures of your transom (different angles) and post them here. There are some knowledgeable folks here. Tell us what it's doing or not. I am sure we (collectively) can figure it out.

put in yesterday and that thing is a piece of art. Bad to the bone and to complicated to figure out in the 108 degree weather but it was clear n o prob.

Cane Pole, no one peed in my campfire – but I wouldn’t put it past any of the Scouts in my son’s Troop! No, something far worse has kept me from posting here, on the Yahoo Si Group and other sites: work! Have a lot going on at home now as well which leaves very little time to get out on the posting boards and help out. To think that I have to show up here five – six days a week and actually do something to? Why they should be happy to pay me just for showing up! Thankfully none of my bosses reads this web site… :D If you don’t see a response from me than I either: have no idea, think the question was already answered by someone else, or have seen the post and so would not know to respond to it. I am usually always available by e-mail though.