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403825/C
ADisplay+ProcessorUnit
BTransceiverofthefollowingtypes:WBTmini,WBTTube,WBTandEC150–3C.
CTransducers
Transceiverunit
Thetransceiverunitisprovidedtotransmitandreceiveacousticenergythroughthewater,
usinganappropriatetransducer.Thistransmissionandreceptionarecommonlyreferred
toasaping.Aftereachtransmission,thetransceiverreceivestheechoesfromthetargets
inthewaterand/ortheseabed.Theseechoesarelteredandampliedandthenconverted
intodigitalformat.
Transducers
TheEK80Scienticwidebandechosoundercanbeusedwithalloursingle-beamand
split-beamtransducers.Inmostcases,onesplit-beamtransducerisusedforeachtransceiver.
Severaloperationalfrequenciesareavailable.Consultourwebsiteforacompletedesription.
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TheEK80canbeexpandedbyaddingdedicatedhardwareforacousticDopplercurrent
proler(ADCP)measurements.
ThismanualgivesabriefinstructiononhowtoinstalltheEK80hardwareandhowyou
usetheEK80software.TheEK80softwarecanbeinstalledandusedwithoutaccesstoany
hardware.Replayingrecordedlesisagreatwaytofamiliarizeoneselfwiththesoftware.
Youcanevenperformafullcalibrationbasedonpreviouslyrecordedles.
SimradEK80Quickstartguide