Installing a Lowrance GPS antenna - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Limits · 03-30-2010, 02:14 PM

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

bubblehide · 03-30-2010, 05:26 PM

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.

rossman · 03-30-2010, 05:43 PM

I'm curious as to why you are replacing the cuda 350. Kinda had my eye on that one when I pull the trigger.

Limits · 03-31-2010, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bubblehide

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.

Maybe because this is higher end than a typical Humminbird or Eagle 350 or so but there is no internal antenna, hence the GPS receiver.

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Originally Posted by rossman

I'm curious as to why you are replacing the cuda 350. Kinda had my eye on that one when I pull the trigger.

The resolution of the Lowrance is much better. Nothing wrong with the Eagle, but I got a rocking deal on the Lowrance (too good to pass up) and since it was water proof, I pulled the trigger.

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.

crabkracker · 03-31-2010, 11:45 AM

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.

Useful Idiot · 03-31-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by crabkracker

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.

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.

03-30-2010, 02:14 PM	#1
Limits Kayak Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cypress, CA Posts: 200	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

03-30-2010, 05:26 PM	#2
bubblehide Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 552	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.

03-30-2010, 05:43 PM	#3
rossman Marginally Irrelevant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bahia Asuncion Posts: 936	I'm curious as to why you are replacing the cuda 350. Kinda had my eye on that one when I pull the trigger.

03-31-2010, 11:45 AM	#5
crabkracker Junior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: OC Posts: 23	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.