Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
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
Very nice
Keep’em coming, I’d like to see some SI mega+ too... adding another unit to my SI mega G2N and debating if I want to go to G3’s or just take a deal on G2’s... life’s decisions
That's some pretty deep water for you Wayne...LOL Nice images
Wes
Helix 10 MSI+,MDI+,Ultrex IPilot
2023 Phoenix 818
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Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
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
Awesome shots. Loving the detail.
Joe
2000 Viper Coral 202
2001 Mercury 200 EFI
Really nice shots at that depth of water. Guess the new units and new transducer will stop all the talk about Mega units having limited range and HB having bad 2d images.
Those that complain about or criticize the MEGA frequency don't understand the simple principal that the higher the frequency, the less range and depth capability you get. That is the reason 83 kHz is used for deep water rather than 200 kHz or 50 kHz is used for even deeper water rather than 83 kHz.
Airmar has some CHIRP transducers with frequencies of 25-45 kHz for even deeper water.
Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
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
Great detail! Tell the truth... you had the boat on the trailer rolling along on the side of the road with the transducer turned up to the hills and trees. Yes?
Just kidding. Looks like the sonar is set to 200kHz (140-240kHz). Can you repeat those pictures one day with the sonar set to 83kHz to see if they improve?
The units with their included transducer do not have 83 kHz or dual beam 83/200 kHz. The Dual Spectrum 2D is 140-240 CHIRP or 150-220 default. If CHIRP is turned off, it goes to 210 kHz for Full, 170 kHz for Wide and 210 for Narrow. None of the G3 or G3N units have 83 kHz with their standard transducer, ALL are Dual Spectrum.
You can view the specs on the Humminbird website for each model.
As far as those screen shots, I was not concerned with the 2D performance in any way and did not adjust for the hard bottom. Dual Spectrum was already a feature with the SOLIX and MEGA DI transducer I have. That is why the thread title is MEGA DI+.
Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
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
Those are realy some great screen shots but I dont see any fish on them. Help me out.
Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
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