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But still, the seamless compatibility with transducers and other marine technologies make up for it

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What You Need A Sonar Unit I obviously used a Humminbird Helix 7, but you can use just about any unit for this project A transducer meant for ice-fishing A small/medium toolbox to hold the battery (or batteries) and to mount the sonar unit on One or more 12v DC batteries for power The Sonar Unit This project is well suited for any modern LCD/TFT-based sonar unit, so you can take advantage of the many display options, newest GPS, Mapping, and sonar technologies

Itll be about 20 ft (6.1 m) long