Marco Flamingo
Guru
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2020
- Messages
- 1,112
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- CHiTON
- Vessel Make
- Tung Hwa Clipper 30
I just had the flying bridge repeater for my old Cruising Equipment depth sounder serviced and now the main unit has gone dead. I haven't looked into getting it serviced and am looking around at my options. The transducer is a slightly odd frequency so that it doesn't interfere with other transducers, but there are some main units that use the 120 frequency.
The issue is how to set up a repeater on the flying bridge. Years ago, Coastal Navigator had a selector switch so that one chose whether the bridge or flying bridge station was used. This was back in the day when the reader was a spinning circle with a red dot that showed the depth. Primitive by today's standards, but it worked and one only had to remember to switch on the right reader. I haven't found anything comparable today.
I don't need pictures of fish, just a sounder that works reliable at over 500 feet with a simple repeater for the FB. I've found few sounders that even mention that a repeater is an option. I thought that with the popularity of trawlers repeaters would be the norm. Anybody have a simple system?
The issue is how to set up a repeater on the flying bridge. Years ago, Coastal Navigator had a selector switch so that one chose whether the bridge or flying bridge station was used. This was back in the day when the reader was a spinning circle with a red dot that showed the depth. Primitive by today's standards, but it worked and one only had to remember to switch on the right reader. I haven't found anything comparable today.
I don't need pictures of fish, just a sounder that works reliable at over 500 feet with a simple repeater for the FB. I've found few sounders that even mention that a repeater is an option. I thought that with the popularity of trawlers repeaters would be the norm. Anybody have a simple system?