<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv7035968316"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431232655525_2566"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431232655525_2565"><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anyone familiar with the Simrad 2D forward scan?</div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Transducer kit price is around $700- & from what I have</div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">read, it can run on the Simrad NSS7 evo Chartplotter / Fishfinder that sells for round $1200. </div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm wondering whether the transducer is solid & would be OK at 500ft, or if not, could I pot the transducer? </div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I have read that the sonar signal isn't impeded by solids but that air is a problem. That said I am wondering </div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">if a tight fitting alluminium housing would be better than an epoxy potting mix.</div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan</div><h1 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="yiv7035968316" id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7360"><font color="#000080" face="Arial, Helvetica" id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7661" class="yiv7035968316" style=""><span style="font-size:21px;" id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7660" class="yiv7035968316"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.simrad-yachting.com/en-NZ/Products/Echosounders/ForwardScan/" id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7657">http://www.simrad-yachting.com/en-NZ/Products/Echosounders/ForwardScan/</a></span></font><br></h1><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" class="yiv7035968316" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|2028692|2028926&id=2646915" id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7686">http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|2028692|2028926&id=2646915</a></div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" class="yiv7035968316"><a href="http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|2028688|2028737&id=2445583" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431232655525_2595">http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|2028688|2028737&id=2445583</a><br></div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272"> </div><div id="yiv7035968316yui_3_16_0_1_1431227739491_7272" dir="ltr" class="yiv7035968316" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>