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Try Hook & Look and tell me what you think of it - it's on the outdoor channel

Ya, you did.. Wasn't much, we're all just having some fun. I rolled on the floor over Redliners post, and my wife came down stairs to ask what was I watching. You gotta see it....

I don't know what I'd do if my wife came at me with grooming tools, I guess I'd think hell just froze over. She just barks at me to fix myself up, I look like a slob. The next time in the bathroom I shave. Having her take time to groom me???? To actually touch me - Is that kinda like four play - or something

I stand corrected, I did a Bing search on "Transducer clicking" and found several hits. Evidently the newer high power transducers are addable, where as the older lower power Trans were not. I can't at this point explain the difference in the mechanics between the power ratings....... Pops, here is just one of the responses I found.... Search Bing or Google using "Transducer clicking" to learn more No need to buy another Trans.... "I bet when it clicks loud enough to hear the auto gain has switched the power level up due to mud or deep water absorbing the signal - or you have a dual frequency transducer and it auto switches from 200KHz to 50KHz to get enough of a return echo in deeper water. Either way the energy of the signal has increased enough for you to hear the pulses. When you change back to a hard surface with a good signal to noise ratio the sounder will auto decrease energy level and all of a sudden you don't hear it anymore. "

Interesting, it's not hard to fall out of date with electronic technology, and I know I have. I would love to see some design spec's/drawings to see what their doing. I'll go see what I can find on Bing. I just don't understand why they would utilize a design that produced an audible noise that gives away your location. If I were a bass and heard/felt that noise getting closer I would spook and go deep.

LOL, LOL....... I read this post as I'm looking at your Avatar........ and I'm thinking OMG........ Run for the hills........

LOL,...LOL...LOL...LOL...LOL...LOL...LOL...LOL.................... (hay, something I could post without using spellcheck)

Frog!!! (I wouldn't say that too loud around here, you may find someone trying to tie a casting line to you with their eye on some Lilly pads) I've done the ancestor trace thing (remember roots) and found the men in my line slept whenever and wherever they could..........

LOL, I can't get this to print clearly,,,,, You got a pdf of it You know, I've traveled all over the world as a federal employee, if it's a Stan country I've been there. I can tell you that I have worked shoulder to shoulder with many nationalities, "locals" - FSN's - the average person. I can tell you through years of experience that most "Non-Westerners" feel we are arrogant, rude, intrusive and demanding. It's very disheartening to share beers with a group of locals and find out how they feel about America (not me of course - I'm buying) with that said - you should hear some of the jokes I've heard in my travels... This one is cute by most standards. Lighten up - there have been ethnic jokes since our ancestors started communicating. IMHO Did someone say Scott :respect-059: :respect-059:

OMG - This has to be the DualBeam PLUS sonar in action!!!! Your unit has one sonar beam is 83 kHz at 60-degrees, and a second sonar beam is 200 kHz at 20-degrees; this may be the sound of the Trans switching between the two. This Trans is new technology to me, I have no hands on experience with it. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and these two recordings are! I would not buy a new Trans until you have a clear understanding of the source of the sound. At my technology level, even if there are two Trans (narrow & Wide angle) in one case they still should not make an audible sound, unless it's some type of case separation issue. I had an after thought, just a guess, but still..... If HB has two Trans sharing one Coax it could be the sound of a coax relay switching between the two (but I don't know why the would do it that way??) Great recordings, but the cell phone image was breaking up on my computer; but that's OK because there's nothing to see.

OUCH !! That wasn't cheap

LOL, Ya I know, that was really a bad joke in ref to turn up the radio; if you did hear the cable signal it would sound like white noise not a click. Really though, the only thing I can think of is maybe the piezoelectric encapsulation has somehow failed and the trans case/shell and encapsulation resin around the piezoelectric cristal on the bottom of the trans have separated. I don't know how that would affect the transfer of mechanical energy, in the form of a energy wave, from the piezo to the water column and back. I think you know that if the separation gets any air in it the Trans will be affected. Correction: I mis-spoke above. Recalling my solid state electronics class (many years ago) and material physics, the Piezo crystal can be called an electro-mechanical device in that it expands/contracts (vibrates) in response to an electrical signal. OMG, you made me think, now I've got to go lay down.

J, The signal of the transducer operates between 200 through 800 KHz (that's like 200,000 clicks per second) IMHO, you can't be hearing that - - normally; have you had your teeth worked on recently, some people (Lucile Ball) claim they have received AM radio through a new tooth filling....

Steve, When you say you cut the cable, what do you mean - all the way through, or nicked it?? You can damage a coax cable just by bending it too sharply! And you can't correctly splice it back together like a DC circuit (power wire, or lamp connection). It takes a shielded splice connector sized to fit the cable to properly splice a Coax cable. And even then it would not operate at the same spec as original, every connection in a Coax add to the loss of the cable and a reduction in performance. A transducer is basically a high frequency antenna with no moving parts that I know (with the exception of the Hummer 360) of that would produce a clicking noise. I have never experienced a transducer that clicked my self, and I have gone through a lot of them.

X2 The best advice I can give anyone is "if you don't enjoy your job (while you still have it) look elsewhere". Life is too short not to enjoy what your doing for 8 - 12 hrs a day, and who you work with; and it makes for a long day. I rotated in my job, it took me all over the country and the world, some assignments I loved, some were OK, one I ran from the politics; but I love my job and in most cases the people I worked with. Now that I'm retired, I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could. Your in control of your life, make it what you want it to be. And if that means returning to school to get that extra boost, by all means possible do it.

LOL, on Comcast !? Sorry, no, they are mixed. Look for the shows by name, or check the listing for the Outdoor channel. Does your Comcast equipment allow you to search, if so, use that feature to locate shows. I can recommend their DVR. Check out Hook & Look, it's a different type of fishing show (SM & LM Bass mostly) where they show you what's going on under the water as well.

Also, Learn to fish a lure well, learn how it works, how it feels, how to clear a snag, etc. Same thing for your rod & reel combo. Pick something, a worm, a jig. a crank, a spinner, whatever, and go fishing; leave everything else at home; learn that bait. Next time out try another bait - but only that bait. Sometimes you can get so hung up on what lure, what color, what location, you can loose the joy of fishing and not learn anything in the process.

X2 Look to the shoreline or weed-line for clues as to how the bottom drops off; if you see wood in the water near a drop-off-thats good. Read about structure fishing and also how the weather affects the fish. Learn what the bottom is like around the shoreline; get as long of a pole as you can safely handle in your boat and probe the bottom to see what it's made of, is it muck ~~ is it hard ____ is it sand & gravel . Bass will spawn on hard, rocky, or S&G this time of year. Ask someone in charge of the lake or pond if there is a map and what type of forage (bait-fish, crayfish, etc) is in the lake. Read something about Bass fishing every night just before going to sleep, it's relaxing, and will give you good dreams

BB, Try the "Article's" section of the forum. Look for the green bar at the top of the forum page, on the left is "Article's"; the first subject in there is for beginners.

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