295 Hondex Transducer options

[spork87]

I have been running the 295/B275 combo for a while now and it has been good to date.

Im wanting to get some better performance for bottom fishing in 5-600m of water. Currently I have no problem reading the bottom in this depth but finding fish and bottom definition is a real struggle.

Im looking at the below options and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the best options.

Hondex
TD88- 28khz
TD83- 40/75
TD80- 32/40
TD87- 28/100

My concern with the hondex is the beam angle and the effect it may have on the bottom definition when reading such a large area in 500m

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
cheers

 

[Dean1345]

I have the TD 88 with the fvc 1900 170 fathoms is the deepest I've been but not problem marking fish

 

[Dean1345]

Thats a few pictures hope it helps

 

[jp498]

Beam angles are as follows with a -6db cutoff.
(Airmar uses a -3db cutoff, so it's not apples to apples numbers comparison)

transducer LF HF impedence
TD87 20x32 90 Ω
TD80 12x16 & 11x15 140 Ω
TD83 13x18 & 10x12 120/110 Ω

 

[Tommyryan01]

I have been running the 295/B275 combo for a while now and it has been good to date.

Im wanting to get some better performance for bottom fishing in 5-600m of water. Currently I have no problem reading the bottom in this depth but finding fish and bottom definition is a real struggle.

Im looking at the below options and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the best options.

Hondex
TD88- 28khz
TD83- 40/75
TD80- 32/40
TD87- 28/100

My concern with the hondex is the beam angle and the effect it may have on the bottom definition when reading such a large area in 500m

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
cheers

Hi mate I have been running a td73 2.5kw 40/75 for a while now and really happy with it. Let me know if you want any more pics