Product Description
he Virtual Hydromet Eco Sounder (Model: Hondex HE-51C) is a professional-grade hydrographic instrument that packs advanced depth-tracking expertise into a highly compact, lightweight, and versatile 0.7 kg body. Perfect for commercial use, it features a bright, easy-to-read 4.3-inch color TFT portrait display with a 272 by 480 pixel resolution, alongside a single-frequency 200 kHz TD03 transom-mount transducer that delivers a 100 W power output. This powerful combination allows for highly accurate water depth measurements across multiple adjustable ranges starting from 0 to 3 meters all the way up to 0 to 300 meters, with data viewable in meters, feet, fathoms, or brazas. Built for maximum field flexibility, it offers up to 10 hours of continuous operation using 8 standard AA dry cell batteries, or it can run seamlessly on an external 11 to 14 VDC power supply with a low power consumption of approximately 3 W. Packed with smart built-in features like auto-range, auto-gain, clean echo filters, fish markings, and multiple expansion modes like bottom lock, it is an indispensable tool for hydrographic surveys, navigation support, dredging operations, water resource management, and environmental monitoring in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, canals, estuaries, and coastal waters.