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Curious if anyone has had issues with the wider cone angle on the chirp transducer? Considering it only goes down to 15 degrees, are you having issues fishing drop offs?
I have the Helix 5 DI-GPS for my little aluminum fishing boat. I am interested in maybe using it for ice fishing, but which transducer would work best and what is this chirp thing people keep talking about? Thanks.
While fishing over steep drops the unit will mark bottom as the highest point within the cone. This leaves dead spots where the sonar cant see. Not a problem exclusive to Humminbird. Sometimes turning the sensitivity down will reduce the size of the dead zone
"XI 9 20 ice transducers are compatible with first-generation GPS-enabled HELIX 5 series and Helix 7 series and 300, 500, 700, 800, 900 and 1100 series models.XI 9 1521 CHIRP ice transducer is recommended for GPS-enabled HELIX 5 CHIRP G2, HELIX 7 CHIRP G2 and Helix 7 CHIRP G2N models for best performance, however the XI 9 20 is still compatible with these models."That is right off the Humminbird website.
It is compatible with chirp units.