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Old March 6th 15, 03:47 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Fish finder question?

On Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:10:29 -0500, Tom wrote:

Hi

I replaced my Eagle Supra ID fishfinder head with a new Lowrance Elite 5
(came with new transducer). The present transducer is the round style
glued to the bottom hull (through hull).

Is there a way to test the transducer to see if it is 200khz compatible
for the new Elite 5? Can I simply splice it myself or is there a reason
why I shouldn't. I have spliced coax many times.

But I really don't want to replace that cable up to the flybridge
through a lot of fishing and pulling. I am wondering if I can use the
old transducer and cable (extension & old transducer with 10ft wire). I
think the extension is 15 feet or so.

Any ideas? I am hoping I can simply splice the plug of the old
transducer wire to the new head.

Thanks for any ideas

Cheers

73s


A web search shows your Eagle spec'd 192KHz. Ihe Lowrance seems to be
a dual freq. 83/200KHz. Briefly, to get optimum performance use the new transducer.