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There's a new kid on the digital sounder block: Lowrance have just released their digital Broadband Sounder Module.
The new module, designed to replace Lowrance's standard inbuilt sounders, is said to digitally enhance and separate fish, structures, thermoclines and bottom composition, while eliminating surface and turbulent water clutter.
This, according to Gareth Hodson, Director of Sales and Marketing at New Zealand distributor ENL, makes it easier to identify specific targets.
Hodson says the company is confident that the new Broadband Sounder Module will deliver "unprecedented echo clarity" with high underwater definition and do this anywhere from shallow water to extreme ocean depths.
The Broadband Sounder Module uses Lowrance's Ethernet network and, when networked with a sounder enabled head unit, is compatible with all 2007 Lowrance units with 5 inch-plus colour displays.
This includes the LCX, LMS, and Global Map series.
The new module will also work with all compatible Lowrance transducers and accommodates all transducer frequency ranges: 50, 83 and 200kHz.
It features a nominal output power of 250-watts peak-to-peak (31-watts RMS), with an analog output power equivalent of 30,000-watts peak-to-peak (3,750-watts RMS).
This new device has been designed to allow the feed from the sonar to be displayed on up to four compatible screens, using Lowrance's Ethernet network.
Other Expansion Port modules can also be linked to further expand the network.
