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Kayak Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cypress, CA
Posts: 200
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Installing a Lowrance GPS antenna
Hi folks. I just picked up a Lowrance GPS/FF combo to replace my Eagle 350.
One thing I over looked was the installation (or perhaps I should say the "placement") of the GPS antenna. ![]() I've got a Hobie Revo and cannot find a flat surface, parallel to the water, where I could install this. My preference is to keep the antenna in front rather than in back of me. Is keeping the receiver parallel to the water critical or can I get away with installation on an angled surface such as the front hatch? Anybody have another option to fix it this issue? Thanks in advance Tommy aka Limits |
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#2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 552
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pretty much all the new ones come with an internal antenna, and you can still add the external antenna. If yours has the internal antenna, I would just go with that.
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#3 |
Marginally Irrelevant
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Posts: 936
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I'm curious as to why you are replacing the cuda 350. Kinda had my eye on that one when I pull the trigger.
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Kayak Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cypress, CA
Posts: 200
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If all else fails, I can put it on my 2101 Striper or my skiff, but I was really hoping to put this on the kayak. |
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#5 |
Junior
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: OC
Posts: 23
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Make a stand with pvc and cutting board. Place it where I have my FF head unit, in the sail mast. That's where I would put it, if I bought that FF.
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#6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 286
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Yeah I'd go off the sail mast somehow. You can do a Ram wedge mount for the head unit, and I bet you could even make a bracket off of that to mount the antenna directly above or to the side of the head unit.
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