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Old 06-18-2014, 09:57 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by cafesport View Post
A ratio is also a number. Take a 6kw unit with a 1.8 horizontal beam angle for $4000. (Simrad tx06s on defender's website). 6kw/1.8degrees=3.3kw /degree. $4000/3.3kw/degree=1212$/kW/degree. The 10kw unit is 5400 but it has a narrower beam width 1.2 and equates to 650$/kW/degree. Almost twice the value

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Got it, thanks. Interesting way to look at it. I still need to see some real-world screen shots to see if 0.6 degrees of horizontal beam angle is worth another one and a half boat units.
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