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The boat I grew up sailing on had a flasher depth sounder
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It was mounted on the forward bulkhead in the saloon. As a kid I would call out the depth to my dad at the helm. We also had a RDF with crystals for local radio stations. Not quite as fast as the stuff we have now. We went from RDF to Loran-C and TD charts. For some reason the Lat/Long translation on the Texas Instruments unit was just not reliable over any distance. I never really trusted the Loran-C so DR was important as a double check.
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- A Donald Crowhurst connection
- Are those LW beacons still broadcasting?
- I remember those. They were around
- Had a lot of practice on those
- Our boat came with a flasher depth sounder
- I have a Lowrance fish finder, with 4 screens. The flasher screen is one of them
- The original ones were pretty cool although
- I remember! That and an old
- LOL- Yep- still have one (works fine) out in the store room. I don't want to go back thank you
- The boat I grew up sailing on had a flasher depth sounder
- I remember! That and an old
- The original ones were pretty cool although
- I have a Lowrance fish finder, with 4 screens. The flasher screen is one of them
- Old RDFs.
- Had a lot of practice on those
- Interesting story - Donald Crowhurst
- Interesting. And that 170.00 is inflated to 1020.00, today.
- Are those LW beacons still broadcasting?