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    Is the H1012 HW MSI the latest version of SI+ DI+?

    Is the H1012 HW MSI the latest version of SI+ DI+?

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    No, that transducer is for the unit that was made a year after the G2N's were discontinued. It was a special run model for the 2019 Black Friday sales at Bass Pro and Cabela's. It is known as the HW Promo unit. It is not + but has HW CHIRP as standard for 2D sonar==same as the G3N's. Scheels got some for their Spring 2020 sales.
    Its shape/size is the same as the MEGA SI+, but is NOT+.

    It's an in-between model that some call the G2.5N.

    The transducer model name has the 1012 indicating it is for the Helix 10 and Helix 12 HW MSI GPS G2N units.
    The G3N's were on the market a year before those units.

    Those units were discussed in length right after some were purchased on Black Friday 2019.

    This is the box label for the 10 inch unit--

    Wayne Purdum
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    Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA+ SI G3N/G4N, Helix 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N
    SOLIX 12 SI/G3, Helix 8 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G4N, Ultrex 80/LINK, MEGA360,
    MEGA LIVE, LIVE TL

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    BTW it was made for the price point of the close-out sale price for the original G2N.
    Wayne Purdum
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    Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA+ SI G3N/G4N, Helix 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N
    SOLIX 12 SI/G3, Helix 8 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G4N, Ultrex 80/LINK, MEGA360,
    MEGA LIVE, LIVE TL