<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="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4071"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4070">Hi Emile,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4052"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4051">I have been looking at the simrad forward scan. And have talked with</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4052" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4122">sales reps & the N.Z. Simrad manager. Both simrad & Lowrance are Navico brands.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3975"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3974">You plug the transducer in to the gen2 module which has GPS. So you can't get away</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3975"><span>without buying that module.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3973" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3979"><a href="http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Resources1/Lowrance/Products/Manual-Product-Listings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3977">Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Fishfinder GPS Chartplotter</a><br></span></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element richcompose-card"><table class="link-enhancr-element" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4001"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4000"><tr class="link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4175"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4174"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4173"> </div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3999"><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-image-wrap" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 168px; height: 168px; background-color: #000000;border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3998"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 168px;" align="center"><a href="http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Resources1/Lowrance/Products/Manual-Product-Listings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" style="text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none; color: #000000 !important;"><img alt="image" src="http://www.lowrance.com/Global/Lowrance-Images/Home/logo_lowrance.png" class="link-enhancr-thumbnail-image link-enhancr-element yahoo-ignore-inline-image" width="168" height="24" style="display: block; margin: auto;" data-id="bc279ae4-19bb-5af7-a736-b63a56ec138a"></a></div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4044"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4097"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 6pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4096"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4027"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" rowspan="5" width="1" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4034"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4025"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="2" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4024"><div class="link-enhancr-text-part link-enhancr-element" style="line-height:16.5px; background-color: #ffffff; height: 135px; width: 245px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4023"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4022"><span class="link-enhancr-element icon icon-shrink link-enhancr-toggle" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4026"></span><span class="link-enhancr-element icon icon-close link-enhancr-delete"></span><a href="http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Resources1/Lowrance/Products/Manual-Product-Listings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" style="text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4021"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-card-title" style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4020">Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Fishfinder GPS Chartplotter</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4050">The Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 fishfinder / chartplotter offers the best HDS® viewing experience. High-performance marine electronics with GPS, sonar and mapping op...</div></div></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4352"><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4351"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 4pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4350"></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4037"><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4049"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="font-size: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4048"><a href="http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Resources1/Lowrance/Products/Manual-Product-Listings/Series-HDS/HDS5-en-us.aspx" class="link-enhancr-card-url link-enhancr-element" style="color: black; text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer !important;" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4047"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-view-on" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 11px; max-width: 145px; min-width: 85px; overflow: hidden; max-height: 13px; word-break: break-all;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3996"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-mobile-no-resize" style="vertical-align:middle; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11px; color: #999999; -moz-text-size-adjust: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; text-size-adjust:none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4046">View on <span style="font-weight: bold" class="link-enhancr-view-on-domain" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4045">www.lowrance.com</span></span></span></a></div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4036"><div class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-preview-wrapper" style="max-width: 100px; min-width: 80px; overflow: hidden; text-align: right; line-height: 11px; max-height: 13px; font-size: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4035"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-preview-by link-enhancr-mobile-no-resize" style="vertical-align:middle; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11px; color: #999999; -moz-text-size-adjust: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; text-size-adjust:none;">Preview by Yahoo</span></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4316"><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4315"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 9pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4314"></div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4040"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4039"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4038"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3973" dir="ltr">They do the software here in Auckland, but Navico is based in Tulsa Oklahoma. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3973" dir="ltr">Doug of submarineboat lives there & has been experimenting with adapting a scanning unit </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4470">for his rov.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469">They make the transducers somewhere in Europe, & I haven't found out yet what pressure they are rated for.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469">The N.Z. manager seemed to think that if you tried to shoot through the hull it wouldn't work well & it isn't</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469" dir="ltr">promoted with that capacity. However a knowlegeable sales rep thought that if I coated the transducer with</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469" dir="ltr">a thin layer of fiberglass & had it external to the hull it would operate OK. Just make sure there are no air voids </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469" dir="ltr">between the transducers plastic housing & the fiberglass.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469" dir="ltr">The simrad transducer looks to be more of a solid compact unit than the lowrance version.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469" dir="ltr">Be interested to see how you go, or if you find any more information.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4469" dir="ltr">Cheers Alan</div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3806"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3805"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3971"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3972"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3970"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4468"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4467">From:</span></b> Emile van Essen via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Personal Submersibles General Discussion' <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4200"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4199">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 13, 2015 10:34 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] lowrance multibeam.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3804"><br><div id="yiv0389305494"><style>
#yiv0389305494 #yiv0389305494 --
_filtered #yiv0389305494 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
#yiv0389305494
#yiv0389305494 p.yiv0389305494MsoNormal, #yiv0389305494 li.yiv0389305494MsoNormal, #yiv0389305494 div.yiv0389305494MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}
#yiv0389305494 a:link, #yiv0389305494 span.yiv0389305494MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}
#yiv0389305494 a:visited, #yiv0389305494 span.yiv0389305494MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}
#yiv0389305494 span.yiv0389305494E-mailStijl17
{font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;}
#yiv0389305494 span.yiv0389305494E-mailStijl18
{font-family:Arial;color:navy;}
_filtered #yiv0389305494 {margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;}
#yiv0389305494 div.yiv0389305494Section1
{}
#yiv0389305494
</style><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3803">
<div class="yiv0389305494Section1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3802">
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3969"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/Sonar/">http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/Sonar/</a></span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3822"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;"> </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3821"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">forgot the link..</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3801"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;"> </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3963"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">Emile</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4299"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;"> </span></font></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3861">
<div align="center" class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">
</span></font><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" tabindex="-1">
</div>
<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv0389305494yqt1585695019" id="yiv0389305494yqt59090"><div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3860"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold;">Van:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4313"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4312"> Personal_Submersibles
[mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Namens </span></b> Emile
van Essen via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none">
<b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_5026"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_5025">Verzonden:</span></b> zondag 13 september
2015 12:22<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Aan:</span></b> 'Personal Submersibles
General Discussion'<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Onderwerp:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST]
lowrance multibeam.</span></font></div></div>
</div>
<div class="yiv0389305494yqt1585695019" id="yiv0389305494yqt34820"><div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3859"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3923"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Hi,</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3924"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3925"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Lowrance is offering a affordable multibeam
fishfinder .</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3926"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Would be nice for a Psub.. </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3927"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4301"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_4300">Does somebody know if the unit is working without GPS
signal?</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3928"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3929"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Regards, Emile van Essen</span></font></div></div>
<div class="yiv0389305494MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3930"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
</div>
</div></div><br><div class="yqt1585695019" id="yqt54027">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442171061516_3931">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>