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Thread: Internal vs external antenna

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    Default Internal vs external antenna


    From reading posts on this forum, seems allot of folks use external antennas. Does the external antenna offer better performance or is this just a personal preference? Getting ready to by a 788 unit but figure I would ask this before placing my order. Thanks for your help.

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    My considerations was to have the antenna close to the transducer since mine was to be used on the bow. I didn't like seeing the antenna on the stern and your graphs transducer was on the trolling motor and trying to locate brush piles on the graph. I usually just work a brush pile using the waypoints and not toss out a bouy marker. I have a internal antenna and yes my graph will be unusable if the antenna need some repairs and I didn't really have that much room on the bow for another item like a external antenna. Just my thoughts and what I've done.
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    one of the big disadvantages of the internal antenna is if your going to flush mount it inside a console or something like that...they dont pick up well
    i like the External antennas much less problems with them i think

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