<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hank,</div><div>on the blue robotics site there is a video on their new sonar & it shows</div><div>the sonar pointing upward & showing the distance to the surface.</div><div>I think they graphed the tidal heights with it.</div><div>Also it's important if you are shooting through a hull or putting the transducer</div><div>in a housing that you don't have any air gaps between the transducer & hull or </div><div>housing or bubbles in epoxy, as it won't work through air.</div><div>Cheers Alan</div><div><br>On 6/02/2019, at 8:15 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="ydpbd9c778fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div>It just doesn't make sense to me? I thought the sound had to hit a more dense material than air to bounce back. it is great if it works- I will have to give it a try when the ice melts.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 8:46:00 AM MST, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div id="yiv5509628618yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1549334288735_25606">Brian, </div><div id="yiv5509628618yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1549334288735_25610">Have you tested the Hummingbird pointing strait up? I didn't think that would work because there is nothing for it to bounce back against.</div><div id="yiv5509628618yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1549334288735_25612">Hank</div><div id="yiv5509628618yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1549334288735_25614"><br clear="none"></div>
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On Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:44:42 AM MST, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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In the original configuration of Harold, Maynard attached a transducer to the front of the starboard side thruster. I assume he did so as a way to easily shift direction, up to get depth bouncing off surface, spin the thruster down for depth, forward for collision
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1) transducer always pointed up for a Humminbird HDR 650. Basically a digital depth gauge. Small and accurate. Works well.<br clear="none">
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2) Raymarine Dragonfly 4 Pro aimed down to give depth below and detailed image of what's under me. Amazing little CHIRP sounder.<br clear="none">
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3) still debating on what to aim forward. Currently have an Interphase forward scanning sonar, but not real impressed with it. Older technology that works. Sort of.<br clear="none">
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