HawkX66
Well-Known Member
- Jul 27, 2020
- 1,344
- Boat Info
- "Tread Knot"
1997 Sea Ray Sundancer 290DA
2020 F350 6.7L
- Engines
- 454 L29 Carb w/ Bravo III
I don't really "need" one, but I like my toys... Eventually I want to pick one up. We have a ton of crab pot areas and PVC pipes along the York River heading to the Chesapeake. It'd be nice to see the running at night.The new solid state radars have a much sampler minimum range or “blind spot” where as any magnetron can have a substantial one. That’s what’s so impressive about them, and allows very small objects like crap pot buoys, and even logs floating in the water to be picked up.
Garmin and now Raymarine have solid state radar available in open and closed arrays, but the prices are eye watering! Basically, you have a 18”, or 24” (Garmin)array in the closed arrays, and 36”-72” in the open arrays and can buy the size that make sense for your boat.
The maximum practical range of any of these radars is limited to about 6-10 miles anyway.
I run Quantum 2 and a buddy has Garmin Fantom. Both can separate 2 wave runners easily out to about a 3 mile range. My old 4’ open array couldn’t do that.