MARKETPLACE LOWRANCE HDS GEN2 NOW AVAILABLE
With double the memory and twice the processor speed, Lowrance High-Definition System (HDS) Gen2 delivers enhanced responsiveness, faster start-up and menu operation, along with lightning-fast chart panning and zooming speeds. The HDS Gen2 features StructureMap view, a powerful tool that allows users to overlay and save StructureScan sonar images on a chart for review on and off the water. Paired with the LSS-1 sonar-imaging module, users can scan images directly on a chart in real-time, or create StructureMap charts of their favourite boating, fishing and diving areas. With all the benefits of the first-generation HDS series, HDS Gen2 incorporates Broadband Sounder technology delivering peerless echo clarity, sensitivity and target separation to help anglers find more fish. TrackBack functionality allows users to scroll-back in the sonar history to review structure or fish targets and pinpoint locations with waypoints.
HDS Gen2 has an internal, high-sensitivity GPS+WAAS antenna and remarkable mapping functionality including support for the full-range of Navionics cartography. The built-in graphics engine, TurboView, delivers seamless zooms and 2D-3D chart displays, striking depth views in 2D and 3D, plus high-speed panning/zooming with aerial views. The HDS Gen2 series is available in fully sunlight- viewable screen sizes
from 12.7cm to 26.4cm and
several configurations. It can be networked throughout the boat via high-speed Ethernet cabling for real-time data sharing. It accommodates Broadband 3G and 4G Radar with a SonicHub marine audio server, and NMEA2000 networking for fuel, engine and boat-operations management solutions. Contact: Calvin Clements ENL, phone 09-373 5595 or email calvin@enl.co.nz
WASSP S: COST-EFFECTIVE MULTIBEAM SONAR FOR SURVEYORS
WASSP S has been developed to bring the benefits of multibeam sonar to dredgers, hydrographic surveyors and scientific research markets, where single beam sonars are currently used, but where
there are not enough projects to warrant the use of a more costly multibeam system. WASSP
allows
marine users to map the seafloor highlighting reefs, wrecks, fish schools, seafloor hardness changes and foreign objects in the water column or on the seafloor.
It provides accurate and reliable real- time information in an intuitive user interface requiring minimal installation or operational training, and presenting information in user- friendly displays, controlled via mouse that is stored on
Images from a survey around the pilings of the Freyburg Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand. Image 'A' shows the versatility of WASSP S, displaying both seafloor and water column information in real-time
computer hard drive for future use. WASSP S can be used in situations where a survey vessel would ordinarily be called in to undertake the project. Users such as wind farm operators or port authorities can have WASSP S permanently fitted to their workboat, and perform the work on site when required, saving time and money. WASSP Ltd recently provided a system to assist in the salvage
of the MV Rena where WASSP multibeam sonar identified submerged containers at depths of up to 80m. WASSP-S systems have recently been sold into Russia and will be displaying at Hydro 12, November 13-15 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Contact Dave James, ph 64 3 552 1111 or see www.enl.co.nz, www.wassp.com
SEE AND BE SEEN ON THE WATER WITH FULLY INTEGRATED AIS TRANSPONDER
Simrad and B&G have announced the arrival of the new NAIS-400 AIS transponder and NSPL-400 antenna splitter that integrates perfectly with the range of chartplotter/multifunction display and VHF devices from Simrad and B&G. The next generation NAIS-400 is a fully integrated Class-B
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