Don that's the funniest thing I've seen on cdc in a looooong time. :Rofl :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Don G
Don that's the funniest thing I've seen on cdc in a looooong time. :Rofl :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Don G
I think we all can agree on a couple of points about 360°...
1. This technology is still in it's infancy....
2. There is valuable information being garnered in areas around the boat never before obtainable in any consumer-targeted technology...
Most any opinion/discussion of 360° (positive or negative)...can defer to 1 or both of those points...
Rickie
hay there feller.have a little patience.im trying to help you an others here. Its not my fault that lowrance doesnt have any pictures of a boat sittng still while scanning 360° im just showing what my humminbird doing to give you an other an ideal of how sitting still or moving forwward while scanning all the way round can be helpful.if you will just be patient lowrance will get there version of 360 going and that ahould force humminbird to come down on there price of the 360 when theres a competitor for them.imo,the 360 is the best fishing tool that been made availible to fishermen since hummibird came out wth side imaging.youall have to get the spotlight and give it a try for yourself to see what im talling about.once you get one and figer out how to use it youall quit running over your structure before you get a chance to fish it.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
(and stop being so sensitive):Rofl
the lowrance demo I saw showed so many fish around the boat, the fisherman had to drop down battery cables on the bow AND the stern !
Now, brother Koz ... you know I'm not the "sensitive" type :Rofl I was just funnin' with ya'll HB guys. I knew you was just "representin" !!Quote:
Originally Posted by kosmo
... cp :kewl
I cant wait for you to get that spot light.ill bet youll say that you dont no how you got along without it.(then something new will xome along):Rofl glad to see you lighting up to:welcomeQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
Won't be no spotlight or ultrasound unit aboard my boat ... I'm still getting the good out of my Elite 5DSI !! (and I've yet to begin to fully utilize the capabilities IT has)Quote:
Originally Posted by kosmo
I've never been one of those "keep up with the Joneses" kinda people, or having to have the latest/greatest "thing" (even when I could afford it). And even if/when I can afford it ... it don't mean that I have to have it :Rofl
To quote my Dad .... "You don't miss what you ain't had"
... cp :kewl
Sounds like there will be info out midweek. We'll just have to wait and see. Lowrance is certainly the first to provide consumer sonar, as well as Chirp. No screen shots will change that.
October 31st and we can spill the beans on this one.. Brian
Heres a house foundation that i bass dished onhttp://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps5e83791a.pnghttp://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...psffc7df6e.pngforward looking sonar makes it a whole lot easer to fish shallow water.you also need to see all the way round the boat o r you still will miss out on a lot.i didnt realize this until i got to watching the 360 while the boat was statioary an i started seeing things that i didnt notice on the side scan just because the boat was moving
That is the best image I have seen from the 360. Good snapshot.:highfive
Thats a house foundation birmingham on ky. lake.in what was the back yard of that house theres several tree stumps.you can see there shadows really well
I see a Zenith tv set in the living room.
Kosmo is that 360 your HB? That is a great pic!
Thanks.im trying to post pictures from both my si and my 360 to show the difference between them.no one no yet what the spotlight will produce but im sure it will be symiliar or better and if so it will be a geat add onQuote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
Nope but it sure has been fun, appreciate Kosmo's input and them shots are awesome!!!!!!
SpotlightScan Sonar - LOWRANCE | Marine Electronics
Sonarhub Sounder - LOWRANCE | Marine Electronics
Things are getting very interesting...
Quote from the Lowrance website...:
The SpotlightScan Sonar trolling-motor transducer operates at a frequency of 455/800 kHz with a maximum surround-scanning range of 150 feet.
Designed to provide the best possible view both around and beneath your boat, the SpotlightScan Sonar transducer also features DownScan Imaging™ and Broadband Sounder™ technology. DownScan Imaging (455/800 kHz) offers easy to understand images of fish and structure, and award-winning Broadband Sounder (83/200 kHz) technology is ideal for marking fish arches and tracking lure action.
The SpotlightScan transducer is quickly installed by attaching it to any bow-mounted, cable-steer, foot-control trolling motor**. Twin scanning beams provide fast refresh rates, and beam indicators are visible on the HDS Gen2 display to guide adjustments for the best possible underwater image.
Rickie
http://www.lowrance.com/Global/Lowra...lightScan1.jpg
http://www.lowrance.com/Global/Lowra...lightScan2.jpg
The "Twin Beams" statement is interesting ...
Rickie
OK, why wouldn't it work on electric steer motors??????:dono
:dono
I'll bet it's because there's no good way to route the cable. The Lowrance cable is fatter than HB and you can't run it in the groove on the shaft like you can with HB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
That may be the case but I aint giving up my Terrova and I may end up with one of these if they get some good reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmike
Sure you can, its just not quite as neat of a job.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmike
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...-drive-tm.html
Well, I'd hate to have a reason to not buy the next greatest addition to my electronic array.
I think they also said not for hand steering TM ,so if that,s so it would be cable, would it?
More details are now available explaining why you must have a cable steer trolling motor >
http://www.lowrance.com/Root/Lowranc.../Spotlight.pdf
:bangheadNow I am gonna have to mount a ragged ole cable drive just so I can use it, aint taken my Terrova off tho!!!!:bangheadAlways sumpin!!!!!!
Thanks Brian for the link, Cane Pole get busy!!!!
If rickie makes a round pole transducer stick, I can make a motor drive for it and sync it to the Terrova, which I will do for myself if I decide to get a Lowrance. All is not lost.
:ThumbsUp
da'ducer apparatus® with a round telescoping shaft is very do-able...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
Rickie
So what's in the cable steer foot pedal that this NMEA 2000 networkable sensor is attached to....to make this thing operate...??Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian@BBGmarine
Rickie
Got to be direction.
Most of the details are spilling out slowly but not all of them. I don't even have a part number yet on this NMEA Sensor. I'm sure we will know soon.
Interesting stuff...
Press the play arrow...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwEVvtveVJA&sns=em
Rickie
It's going to have to get a lot better than that before I give up my LSS 1 on the TM.Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
I'm having difficulty wrapping my head around these Dual Beam shapes in SpotlightScan...
They're only 1º thick...and 30º apart from each other....but they look "concave" in this depiction....
I didn't know it was possible to make a piezo in a shape that would emit a sound pulse in a "concave slice"...
Maybe the depiction is deceiving....or maybe I'm just interpreting it incorrectly....because the video I posted earlier just shows the beams as "vertical slices"...
:dono
Rickie
What do you reckon they are doing to minimize interference of the two signals?