Rainy day ride-along with the Raymarine prostaff ...

Myself and a couple of friends had the opportunity today to spend some time in the boat with the local Raymarine prostaff for the Ky Lake area Kevin McMannus ... (I hope I spelled his name correctly)...

I was very interested in seeing with my own eyes the new Raymarine CHIRP Sidevision/Downvision/2d offerings ...

CHIRP 2d has been around for a while ... Albeit mostly in the salt water market ...

CHIRP Sidevision/Downvision is relatively new and still basically not very widely dispersed into the fishing market ...

It was a rainy day from the time that we met Kevin at Kenlake Marina until the time we left a couple of very wet hours later ...

Thank goodness for rain suits ...!!!

Anyway ...

On the bow and the console Kevin has the Raymarine e series Hybrid touch 12 MFDs (model number I can't be certain ... It was too rainy to take camera pix or write notes) ...

Also on the console Kevin has the Raymarine a series Touch 9 with internal CHIRP/tone burst sounder...

Under the dash is mounted the Raymarine CP200 CHIRP Sidevision sounder ...

On the transom is mounted the Raymarine Downvision/2d CPT100 CHIRP xducer and the separate CPT200 Sidevision CHIRP xducer ... (He also has a regular 2d shoot thru (tone burst) in the bilge for high speed readings)...

Here is the CPT200 Sidevision xducer ... The left and right piezoe's are in their own separate adjustable housing ... (Looks like 2 black hotdogs mounted to a transom bracket ... Lol)...

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psv2bepmtx.jpg

All of this hardware is networked together to get get just about any combination of tone burst and CHIRP in Sidevision, Downvision, and 2d on any of the 3 displays ...

I took my own micro SD Card and made Kevin capture screen shots so that I could have easier access to post for you guys ...

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...pseblnqnyr.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psctyofxk5.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps7xis5fue.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...pszxxtb5v1.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psarxpnyuq.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psitgojuxf.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psn3tb58uy.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps9rqootld.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps8rroewof.png

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psrmqdskes.png

All of these image were using CHIRP except the very last 2d image ... I made Kevin set the 2d sonar to regular tone burst 200kHz fixed frequency to show the stark difference in how the fish arches are painted with 200kHz fixed frequency 2d (that we are all used to seeing) ... And the CHIRP sweep frequency 2d ...

Do I have an opinion on the new CHIRP Sidevision/Downvision ...??

Not yet ... It's still early in the technology of CHIRP imaging (non-2d)...

Garmin will be coming out with CHIRP imaging in January ...

Now if I can find a Garmin prostaff that will take me out to see their offerings ... I'd be a happy camper ...

Rickie

Idk what I'm looking at on side imaging but that one is pretty clear to me. What does pic 3/11 show a gradual slope or ledge?

Those are some impressive images

Looks pretty good rick.yeall picked a really bad day to do your testing.are you going to go out again on another day? I'd like to see some more shots.l really like that color pallet also, was it easy on your eyes viewing? (The chirp, for 2nd and di are still a question for me.id like to learn more about the benefits in a shallow lake such as kentucky lake?) If you get a chance, I would like to see 83khz compared to chirp.i don't think that 200khz has a wide enough viewing area area to compare? Thanks

Very nice of you to get wet for us to enjoy. Thank you sir. looking forward to all that you share. 5

Rickie, I met a Garmin rep last spring at the PA writers camp. His name is Mark McQuown. He was very imformative about the new garmins. If you'd like to contact him, I have his number. PM me if you'd like to get in contact with him.

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Idk what I'm looking at on side imaging but that one is pretty clear to me. What does pic 3/11 show a gradual slope or ledge?

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We were zigzagging all over different underwater ledges while scanning ...

*Anywhere that the bottom detail starts moving toward the centerline means the water depth is getting shallower ...
*Anywhere that the bottom detail starts moving away from the centerline means the water depth is getting deeper ...

Here is some info on understanding SI imaging perspective ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNucS1bniIw&sns=em

Rickie

Thanks for that!

Thanks for posting Rickie, it's always interesting to see other technologies. I'm with Kosmo on chirp, there isn't enough evidence out to convince me that it's useful to me. I think the fourth side image is the best, the others are a little bright and the down images are nice and sharp. Is the SS td mounted on a jack plate? It appears the signal is bouncing around in something.

To me the pics look over exposed , washing
out detail.

GREAT DI PIC'S,THE REST WAS OK BUT NOT INPRESSIVE, LOVE TO SEE MORE SHOTS,ALSO 2D ON NEXT TO LAST PIC WAS A GOOD SHOT

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Rickie, I met a Garmin rep last spring at the PA writers camp. His name is Mark McQuown. He was very imformative about the new garmins. If you'd like to contact him, I have his number. PM me if you'd like to get in contact with him.

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If he's ever at Ky Lake ...I'd like to get in the boat with him ...

Rickie

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Thanks for posting Rickie, it's always interesting to see other technologies. I'm with Kosmo on chirp, there isn't enough evidence out to convince me that it's useful to me. I think the fourth side image is the best, the others are a little bright and the down images are nice and sharp. Is the SS td mounted on a jack plate? It appears the signal is bouncing around in something.

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Kevin has the CPT100 Downvision/2d and CPT200 Sidevision both mounted on the inside of the jackplate (creating the echoes parallel to the centerline)...

He knows this already and says there is no fish that close to his boat anyway ... So the lines don't bother him ...

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...pszm9tzbem.jpg

Rickie

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Kevin has the CPT100 Downvision/2d and CPT200 Sidevision both mounted on the inside of the jackplate (creating the echoes parallel to the centerline)...

He knows this already and says there is no fish that close to his boat anyway ... So the lines don't bother him ...

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...pszm9tzbem.jpg

Rickie

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:ThumbsUp

The DI looks awesome. The SI looks so-so. The chirp 2d looks killer.

Looks good. Raymarine likes those torpedo shapes.


These Raytheon Sparrow III missiles pictured under the Deamon's wings were unpredictable. Made me nervous fooling with them. Of course, this is stone age stuff I remember.

What is the cost of the raymarine chirp sonars?

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What is the cost of the raymarine chirp sonars?

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Brian at BBG Marine would be the best to answer this ...because I don't know all the configurations these Raymarines come in ...

The a-series is all touch ...the e-series is hybrid touch ...the c-series is all buttons ...

Some have CHIRP built in ...some require black box CHIRP...

Rickie