Here you go guys. New information.


Humminbird will offer a custom receiver to receive a service called “XM NAVWEATHER”. This receiver will sell for approx $249 and be available through normal Humminbrd retailers. You will then get a subscription for this weather service through XM. The cost of the service is a $15 initiation fee and $9.95 per month. The subscription is a month by month subscription with no long term commitments. For example you can have the service for the summer months when you are running the boat and then have it turned off during the winter time. Whether or not you will have to pay the initiation fee when you have it turned back on is still under negotiations so you will have to check for more details as we draw closer to launch. The expected release of this is December 1st 2008. This service will work with any 700,900 or 1100 unit that is color and is a chartplotter. It will provide a graphic images of the rain, fog, lightning strikes, wind, weather alerts overlayed on top of the chart page of the fishfinder. The one important detail is that the data stops at the U.S. borders/ coastline. The data will not appear off shore (over Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific etc). Also in the North the data stops at the U.S./ Canadian border. Lake Michigan is completely covered but others aren’t fully covered as some portions of the lakes are in Canada.

Don't think weather radio will improve accuracy of gps.

How bout 2014 new GPS satellite system? All new GPS will be required? Probably. Give us a Ouigi Board reading here.

Jody is it true Hummbird will have new ant. in 2009 to get Gps accurate range from 3 meters down to only One meter. Thanks....

Jaxsprat,

We will have a new antenna for 2009. I will attach to your unit without any changes. The part number for this antenna is AS-GR-HA. The retail price is 199.99. This will improve the accuracy.

Accuracy seems not to be the problem. it is the 20 foot jumps upon position update. I think I am on a a sopt. only to find I am off. Cant stay on a spot.

Is this an active or a passive antenna?

What GPS chipset is Humminbird now using in its GPS?

My Garmin uses SiRF star III. It is a proven accurate set.

Just curious.

Just to clear this up this has nothing to do with weather radio.

This will give you weather information and also give radar data summary

Radar summary data (inland coverage only – no saltwater, no Great Lakes, no Canada)
Current weather conditions
Weather warnings from NWS
City forecasts for 150+ cities

The map chips we use is Navionics and theses are also loaded into the NVB units.

The new antenna is a active antenna.

I was referring to the physical receiver itself (the one that sends/receives gps data) not the maps. This should be a separate internal chipset, unless it is in the antenna.

We are talking basic XM radio I presume. Such as in the Streetpilot?