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Product catalog summary
Introduction to ES80 Echosounder
The ES80 echosounder offers high-resolution detection across various ranges, providing detailed information for both economic and environmental decision-making. It features a dynamic range of 140 dB, capable of detecting echoes from plankton to whales without distortion. The display uses a color scale from grey (weakest echoes) to brown (strongest echoes) to manage the vast range of data.
Technological Advancements
Simrad, with over 70 years of experience in fishfinder technology, has developed the ES80 as a wideband echosounder operating between 10-500 kHz. It utilizes chirp technology for improved resolution and target identification, allowing for better species determination through frequency response analysis.
Wideband Echosounders
The ES80 employs linear FM or chirp transmission, enhancing range resolution and target identification. It can adapt pulse shapes for different environments, such as using dolphin-like clicks for better detection of small fish near the bottom.
Specifications and Features
The ES80 supports digital CW transmission and can be upgraded to include FM transmission for chirp capabilities. It features a calibrated real-time target strength curve and supports multiple frequencies for species identification. The system includes a Wideband Transceiver (WBT) with four 500 W channels, capable of operating in narrowband or wideband modes.
Transducer Compatibility
The ES80 is compatible with any Simrad transducer within the 10-500 kHz range, with composite transducers recommended for frequencies above 50 kHz due to their broader bandwidth.
System Specifications
The ES80 operates with a 12V DC voltage, consuming 20 W when active. It requires a processing unit and supports Ethernet interfaces. Software options include biomass and fish sizing features, with additional options for bottom hardness and FM transmission.
Detection Depths
The document provides a detailed table of detection depths across various frequencies, illustrating the capabilities of different transducers in meters, feet, and fathoms.
Contact Information
Contact details for Simrad offices worldwide are provided, including locations in Norway, the USA, Spain, France, Malaysia, Korea, and China.
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Catalog excerpts

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TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

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ES80 ECHOSOUNDER SIMRAD has manufactured fishfinders for more than 70 years and has 25 years of experience using Split beam technology. The first Split beam fishfinder, a 38 kHz model, came on the market in 1984, quickly followed by a 70 kHz model. Today, SIMRAD has a wide range of frequencies from 18 kHz, used for detecting deep water species, up to 333 kHz used for measuring plankton. The Simrad ES80 is the fifth generation Split beam fishfinder where the latest in computer and signal processing technology is used to satisfy the increasing need from our demanding customers: “Top performance...

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WIDEBAND ECHOSOUNDERS The new series of ESs have wideband capabilities. That means that you can transmit a signal that varies in frequency across the transmission. The most common way to operate the sounder is to use linear FM, or chirp. In an ES80 chirp transmission you utilize the effective frequency band of your transducer, starting low and continuing higher until you reach the frequency where the transducer efficiency drops off. suited for such environments. The ES80 has this capability and, as the SW continues to be developed, new functions would be available. Due to advanced matched filtering...

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ES80 DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE The ES80 comes standard with digital CW transmission. This is the transmission form that has been used since SIMRAD, as the industry first, digitized the echosounder back in the mid 80’s. Then it is possible to add a FM transmission module to the system, making the ES80 a true chirp echosounder. The advantage of chirp is that it is possible to transmit with a very short pulse length at very long ranges giving maximum resolution. What determines a good chirp echosounder, is how long range it gets on the shortest pulse. In addition to this, with the long experience...

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The Wideband Transceiver (WBT) is designed for applications where performance is the top priority. The WBT has four 500 W channels that can either work independently with single beam transducers, or together with a split beam transducer. The WBT transceiver is capable of operating on entire band from 10 kHz to 500 kHz, only limited by the transducer's bandwidth. The WBT is operated by the ES80 SW, and depending on the settings it can be used either in narrowband or wideband mode. The WBT itself is capable of doing CW, FM and also user defined signals. ABOUT TRANSDUCERS In general any Simrad transducer...

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Note! In Split Beam configuration only one transducer can be connected to the WBT 6 Echosounders | Specifications SYSTEM DIAGRAM A. Display d)=> B. Processor C. Ethernet switch D. Transceiver (WBT) E. Junction box (not provided by SIMRAD) F Transducer G. Trackball E

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Kongsberg Maritime AS Simrad Fisheries Strandpromenaden 50, 3191 Horten, Norway Ph.: +47 3303 4000 [email protected] Kongsberg Underwater Technologies Inc. Simrad Fisheries 19210 33rd Ave W, Lynnwood, WA 98036, USA Ph.: +1 425 712 1136 [email protected] Simrad Spain, S.L.U. N-332a, Km. 142, 03570 Villajoyosa, Spain Ph.: +34 966 810 149 [email protected] Simrad France 5 rue de Men Meur, 29730 Guilvinec, France Ph.: +33 298 582 388 [email protected] Kongsberg Maritime Malaysia Sdn. Bhd Unit 27-5 Signature Offices, The Boulevard, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200...

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