Thread: weekend with Humminbird (long!)

My garmin map76s [handheld] is almost always closer than either one of my lowrance 5200 and 5300-- one internal and one external ant.
The lake I fish the most [shelbyville] may have bad recption ??? but the garmin stays locked on and the lowrance,s almost never lock on the waas [its mounted in a lot worse location than the other two]

Always go with external ant. In fact thats why Hb & Lowrance don't use internal on high end units, its cause of poor Reception. The nature of the beast says internal ant. is always going to be blocked on one side or ends by unit itself, and by location of your unit & by you sitting right if front of unit sure doesn't help.
Yes JWhite I like the Si & down looks on my 997 & happy with that but the damn GPS @##**## I wonder if the president of HB knows that the only way many/most 997 owners can enjoy his product is to buy a GARMIN Handheld for finding the neat places U see on SI screen. Maybe his girlfriend is pres of Garmin????

I fabricated an aluminum bracket for my Lowrance antenna then mounted it on top of my console-the highest point of the boat. Always have excellent reception.

Best way to clean the connections is with an eraser from a pencil. Might have to shape the erraser a bit with a knife to get it in there. CAREFUL not to bend the prongs. Past that, a Q-tip with some alcohol. Once cleaned, you can dab a bit of dielectric grease for electrical fittings to cut down on the corrosion and keep it from coming back. Available at any parts house - O'reillys has them at the counter in single serving packs for something south of a quarter.

Wannabe...

Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Best way to clean the connections is with an eraser from a pencil. Might have to shape the erraser a bit with a knife to get it in there. CAREFUL not to bend the prongs. Past that, a Q-tip with some alcohol. Once cleaned, you can dab a bit of dielectric grease for electrical fittings to cut down on the corrosion and keep it from coming back. Available at any parts house - O'reillys has them at the counter in single serving packs for something south of a quarter.

Wannabe...

Very good advice, especially about the eraser. If the rubber has hardened, don't use it.

Wannabe $ and Cane thank you! I would'nt never figure the earaser thing and i will hunt up some that grease Di electrical


Thanks I was starting to get to worrie becuase I would like to trade it off and get the 997.
And would never think about screwing any felow fisher friend in any god given way.
Heck I love that unit and iff and when i do I would want them to enjoy it to!! Thank you!