Fishing
How to make a 12-volt first-aid kit
Sooner or later every boater flips a switch, presses a button or turns a key and nothing happens. A motor doesn’t turn, a light doesn’t illuminate or an LCD screen remains blank.[…]
Marine Electronics
Fishing
Understanding cone angle important
Ask the average angler how wide an area his fish finder scans on the bottom at a depth of 30 feet, and your question will probably be met with a blank stare.[…]
Fishing
Go cheap, and you’ll do the job twice
If there’s anything worse than having to do repairs, it’s having to do them over again because the materials you picked didn’t stand up to the marine environment.[…]
Fishing
Follow these tips for a clean screen
Is that a fish on your screen or the shadow of a scratch on its lens?[…]
Fishing
Anglers need sensitivity training too
The sensitivity control on a fish-finder is a lot like the volume adjustment on a radio. Both control the amount of amplification applied to received signals, and neither have any control over the amount of power that is transmitted to them.[…]
Fishing
Color displays are clearly better
The question on many boaters’ minds is, “Why bother with color at all?” To answer that question, we have to look at how LCD screens present detail, and how the human eye perceives that detail.[…]
Marine Electronics
Electronics lingo made simple
Reading the owner’s manual for a fish finder or GPS navigator exposes you to terminology found nowhere else. Here is a quick primer translating some common but important terms in the language of electronics.[…]
Fishing
Fishfinders enter wireless world
We have seen wireless remote controls for electric trolling motors, deck-mounted spotlights, helm steering systems and other equipment for years.[…]