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KS Rick
01-03-2007, 01:36 PM
How do the lowrace units with internal antennas work. I have an h2o and it seems to pickup fine.
Thanks
Rick
Ristorapper
01-03-2007, 08:49 PM
My hand held Lowrance 100 works great. NEVER ever had a problem.
I was in a boat for a week with the 334 lowrance on the dash this past fall. That unit had problems constantly trying to pick up satalites and staying locked on.
Ristorapper
01-03-2007, 08:49 PM
My hand held Lowrance 100 works great. NEVER ever had a problem.
I was in a boat for a week with the 334 lowrance on the dash this past fall. That unit had problems constantly trying to pick up satalites and staying locked on.
Wade@JollyAnnMarine
01-03-2007, 10:27 PM
The handhelds have work very well. My H2OC will pick up sats in the house!
Wade Kuehl - Jolly Ann Marine
Jolly Ann Marine can be found in the Walleye Central Business Directory under Electronics/GPS
www.walleyecentral.com/phpyellow/
cjbrown
01-04-2007, 03:34 AM
I have a 334 once it locks in it works just as well as my other unit that has a puck.
KS Rick
01-04-2007, 07:54 AM
So the units with the internal antennas do not lock on as well. I have a H2O and have not had a problem. But a unit such as a LMS-522c I could expect it to lose location.
Rick
defishs
01-04-2007, 06:21 PM
Which units are you refering to? If it's the 334 do a search you will get a very good idea how that unit has performed. If and when it does what they say it will do, it will be a great unit. I was there guinea pig last year for a coulpe months. Traded the 334 in for the 332. Nice little unit.
WarrenMN
01-05-2007, 11:56 AM
I think you guys are kind of talking apples and oranges. They're both fruit but different kinds of fruit. Hand held GPS's have the advantage of being used from a position of a clear view of the sky where some thing like the 334 is working inside a hole. I wonder if part of the problem with the 334's was what was around the unit where it was installed. Could it have been the ones having problems were installed in a spot that was surrounded by metal gauge housing, which will block about any signal, and interference generated by them.
Even an inch or two difference in location might make the difference on whether it receive's well or not.
WarrenMN
KS Rick
01-05-2007, 04:05 PM
My H2O will work in my house and in the cab of my truck,going down the road. This is why I asked the question.
Rick
Bought a 3600c from wade last spring. it lose's position once in awhile but the portablity is great. i think its a great unit. take it out of the boat. go ice fishing easy as as 123. Dan :cheers:
KS Rick
01-06-2007, 10:16 AM
>Bought a 3600c from wade last spring. it lose's position once
>in awhile but the portablity is great. i think its a great
>unit. take it out of the boat. go ice fishing easy as as
>123. Dan :cheers:
Ice fishing, we do not get enough ice here in KS for my fat a$$ to go on. We still have open water and if the wind would slow down we would get into more crappie. Guess the answer to my question is not to go with an internal antenna unit.
Thanks
Rick
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