Lowrance Radars
Lowrance Radars
Lowrance has shaped modern fishfinding with class-leading sonar and angler-first chartplotters. This is the Lowrance radars range: radome and open-array scanners for traffic and weather in any visibility.
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Radome or open array: what actually differs
A radome radar packs the antenna and transceiver into one enclosed dome, which is compact, easy to mount on a radar arch and adequate for most coastal cruising. An open array uses a longer rotating antenna for a narrower beam width, which gives sharper target separation at range and is the better choice offshore or where picking two vessels apart at distance matters more than a tidy install. Sweep speed and pulse compression, not just power output, are what determine how quickly the picture updates and how well it resolves rain clutter.
Mounting position affects performance as much as the unit itself: a radar mounted too close to a mast, flag or other obstruction will show a blind sector on the display, so check clearance before fitting. Power and data run over the same network cable on current Lowrance radars, simplifying the install compared with older analogue units that needed separate power and video cabling.
