Thread: Humminbird GPS Question

Originally Posted by howferg

I was thinking about the speed of the gps on the 997, 797, and if you had more channels on the receiver wouldn't that give you faster response time ?Plus improve the accuracy. I have bought the garmin ex legand but prefer to not have to carry the extra equipment if I can get the 997 Gps to respond in a reasonable time frame.

Again, I don't think it has anything to do with the GPS receiver. I have a 16 channel on my Matrix 87c & it works fine. I believe the problem lies in the unit's ability to process the info and update the screen. I believe the units don't have a big enough processor.

You could buy the 50 channel reciever and add it to the unit but I believe other than the accuracy you won't gain a thing. I could be wrong but I doubt it.

JMHO