question with out notice about sounders
Submitted by petermac on Wed, 2013-06-12 19:02
I have seen in discussions about different sounders that "chirp" gets mentioned a bit can some one enlighten me to what it means ???????????
Bunny
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http://www.fishingworld.com.
Here ya go!
http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/chirp-the-future-of-sounders
Paul H
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Bunny's article explains it
Bunny's article explains it all but also bear in mind "chirp" is a registered term so just because another manufacturer doesn't (or legally can't) use it doesn't mean they don't have the same functionality. Stand to be corrected but my understanding is chirp is essentially a broadband sounder.
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till
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Yes and no.
Yes and no.
Chirp is a licensed technology (hello Airmar). Basically if you take a license, you can use the name, but if you don't take a license, then you can't use the name OR the technology, and the technology is patented. Simrad and Lowrance (the only places pushing broadband like it meant anything), have a license, as does Furuno, Raymarine and Garmin.
There is a lot more to chirp than than the broadband sounders. It is all covered in their FAQs.