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Old 09 March 2013, 18:09   #1
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Lowrance LGC-3000 GPS antenna

Ours has gone tits up :-(( does anyone have a spare they would like to sell ?

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Old 10 March 2013, 11:19   #2
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Chris, ours went the same way. I called Lowrance intending to buy a new 'un, explained the situation, sob story etc. They said that they ran a service exchange program which got you a LCG 4000 for about 100 quid. The lcg 4000 is quite a bit smaller than the 3000 & I had to make up a bezel to cover the old fixing holes. The 3000 has a reputation for being flaky, beware if you buy a secondhand one.
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Hi Chris, I've got one sitting around doing very little which you can have. It has a small nic in the cable outer which would be simple to seal. It worked OK last time I used it. It'll cost you a pint sometime
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The 3000 has a reputation for being flaky, beware if you buy a secondhand one.
The 3000 may be flaky, but was a vast improvement over the 2000 (which tended to ignore satellites if anyone within a few miles had a radar set on.)

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The 3000 may be flaky, but was a vast improvement over the 2000 (which tended to ignore satellites if anyone within a few miles had a radar set on.)

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Yeah then the 4000 is even better. But even that is old-tech now the Point-1 is out with 10Hz update, GLONASS and Galileo (what an epic waste of money).
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