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bob dennee
03-06-2000, 08:41 PM
Please help: I have a 17 foot Crestliner tiller, with a Lowrance X85 at the rear, and X75 up front. Both Transducers are mounted in the rear. When i run both locators, neither works well. When i run either one, with the other one off, no problem. Am i getting interference between the transducers? How can i solve this problem?
SkeeterMark®
03-06-2000, 09:00 PM
Your having interference problems because both depthinders are running on the same frequency of 192khz. Lowrance offers a 50Khz transducer that would eliminate the problem. Personally i would buy the 50khz transducer and a LEI accesories switch box which will let you switch between transducers and run one of them off of the trolling motor. Some dealerships have transducer exchange programs (high speed to a puck style) but due the the price difference you might have to pay extra to swap your 192 for a 50.
Terry/JNR
03-07-2000, 05:55 AM
Why are both transducers mounted in the rear? Put the one for the x75 on the trolling motor and you shouldn't have any problems and you can monitor both ends of the boat.
Bigeye
03-07-2000, 06:55 AM
Are you saying you can have transducers of the same frequency as long as their on opposite ends of the boat and they won't interfere?
Keith Haapala
03-07-2000, 04:23 PM
I have an 1850 Tyee with a 350A on the console, transducer on the stern and an X75 on the bow. Both have 192khz transducers and both work well together. UNTIL, I turn my bow mounted trolling motor on. Then the X75 goes blank. I have a puck type transducer mounted on the trolling motor. This, I'm sure is a totally different problem.
KH
SeaCat
03-07-2000, 09:21 PM
LAST EDITED ON Mar-07-00 AT 11:22PM (CST)[p]If I remember correctly, the Lowrance 192Khz transducer has an 8 degree cone angle. Since this is not very broad, you can probably mount them on opposite ends of a boat and get away with it.
As long as the two cones don't intersect, shouldn't interfear with each other. Since the cones get wider as the water gets deeper I could see a problem if you get into water deeper than about 40'. Only other potential problem would be at high speeds, the return signal from the front transducer might get picked up by the rear. I would think this would be an unlikely situation though as the trolling motor shouldn't be down at high speeds anyway.
Ryan