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Humminbird Portable Color Fishfinders and GPS
The 383c Combo Portable and the 343c Portable fishfinders, Humminbird
2006-07-01 EUFAULA, Ala. (July 2006) – With the introduction of the 383c Combo Portable and the 343c Portable fishfinders, Humminbird® now offers anglers professional grade sonar and GPS chartplotting in high performance, mobile units.
“We received great response from the 300 Series™ introduction last year, and these new models respond to the demand for portable versions,” said Darrell Watt, senior global product manager.“These units are ready for all seasons since they’re easily adapted from open water to ice fishing. They’ll give the angler equipment to fish with total confidence in any environment.”
The 300 Series portables feature a soft-sided, portable carry bag with a rigid internal structure that supports the fishfinder and a battery. Generous power is included through a 12-volt gel-cell battery that provides up to 16 hours of operation. The carry bag is also outfitted with tackle and transducer storage pockets, non-skid bottom, and zippered flaps for easy access to the fishfinder and battery compartments.
Rigging the 300 Series portables for ice fishing is as simple as plugging in the optional Humminbird ice transducer and selecting the on screen flasher view ice anglers love. The ice transducer features a cable that remains flexible in extreme cold, and an optional suspension arm that lets the transducer hang vertical like a plumb bob. The portable carry bag is conveniently sized to fit inside the five-gallon bucket many ice anglers use to transport their gear.
The 383c Combo Portable and 343c Portable both feature a high definition, sunlight-readable color display. With the 320 vertical pixel display, anglers can easily identify fish size and bottom hardness. The 383c Combo Portable includes internal GPS, and built-in UniMap™ of continental U.S.A. lakes, rivers and coastline with 30 meters per pixel resolution.
Like other models in the 300 Series, the 383c Combo and 343c utilize DualBeam PLUS™ sonar that gives both wide coverage (one sonar beam is 83 kHz at 60 degrees), and better structure and bottom detail (other sonar beam is 200 kHz at 20 degrees). Images from the two sonar beams can be viewed separately or simultaneously on the units.
Suggested retail price for the 383c Combo Portable is $449.99 and $329.99 for the 343c Portable. Both units will be available January 2007.
Humminbird® is a leading innovator and manufacturer of fishfinders, fishfinder/GPS combo units, chartplotters, marine radios and digital depth gauges. Products in the Humminbird line include 900 Series™, 700 Series™, 300 Series™, Matrix® Series, 500 Series™, PiranhaMax™ and SmartCast™. Humminbird branded products are manufactured and marketed by the Marine Electronics Group of Johnson Outdoors Inc., headquartered in Racine, Wis.
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