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Title: Helix 10 Chirp at High Speed?
Post by: Stickfish36 on June 13, 2017, 11:19:19 PM

I have a Helix 10 Chirp Mega SI, I added a xnt 920 for high speed 2D and the splitter cable. 1st time out I was surprised at how well it marked the bottom and how clear it was. I'm looking for advice on what settings I should play with to optimize marking schools of stripers on plane. I typically run 20-24mph in 25-60ft of water looking for scattered fish or schools. These stripers are generally 20-30 inch fish.

I'm thinking I should run the 180-225khz Chirp?

Chart speed at 10?

What about ping? 10?

Anyone with experience please help? Thanks

Title: Re: Helix 10 Chirp at High Speed?
Post by: rnvinc on June 14, 2017, 09:41:49 PM

Definitely run Chart Speed at max  ...

You might be well served by running High/Medium split sonar where you can see more detail of the targets in the 180-225 narrower cone  ... and see more targets in the 75-95 wider cone  ...
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I'm not aware of a ping speed adjustment except when recording (ping speed can be slowed down during recording to allow Longer tracks to be recorded to an SD card)  ...

Rickie

Title: Re: Helix 10 Chirp at High Speed?
Post by: Stickfish36 on June 14, 2017, 11:02:36 PM

Thanks for your help!