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Internal antenna
Has anyone used a gps with the internal antenna when it and the fish finder set close to each other?
I'm planning on buying a new color gps and 1 of the gps reps told me in the next couple of years ones with internal antenna is all you will be able to buy unless you buy a expensive model. I was wondering if the internal antenna model would have interference if it set close to the fish finder?
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02-22-2008, 06:03 PM
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Having played with the external antenna on mine, the aggrivated loss of signal should be only if covered by a bimini top or foreign stuff.
There is no reason the internal antenna should be an issue other than expected complications. A T top with the antenna mounted on it would solve the problems (so would hitting the lottery). Personally, I like the internal antenna's. Less crap to deal with. BTW mine is the old Humminbird Matrix style.
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02-22-2008, 06:10 PM
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Ive seen gps antennas mounted in all the wrong places with suprising good results
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02-22-2008, 07:15 PM
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You won't have any issues due to proximity to the fish finder. I have never experienced a problem with internal antennas under biminis or T Tops either.
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02-22-2008, 07:17 PM
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Sorry Guys but I must be thick as a brick, I didn't understand; I was wondering if I got a gps with a internal antenna (inside of it) and the fish finder is mounted next to it, if it (gps) would receive as well as a gps with the external antenna mounted away from the fish finder?
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02-22-2008, 07:32 PM
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I've run my garmen handheld GPS with an internal antenna in all sorts of crazy places including leaning on the front of a fish finder, it never misses a lick unless under metal like in the middle of a car.
Doug
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02-22-2008, 08:16 PM
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Same here - Garmin handheld laying right next to Furuno fishfinder/gps. I don't have the card for my area for the Furuno and it's about $200+, so I use the handheld, and it works perfectly.
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