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NEW HALO 24 RADAR Lowrance recently announced the addition of a brand new radar model to their innovative series of marine radars. HALO 24 is the first in its class… and Lowrance SA is happy to let our customers know that we now have this new and exciting radar in stock! Let’s first discuss what a radar actually is, how it works and why it’s so important… The word RADAR is an acronym for Radio Detection And Ranging, and in its simplest form it consists of a transmitted radio signal aimed by an antenna in a particular direction, and a receiver that detects the echoes off any objects in the path of the signal. Tr ansducers wor k i n t h e sa m e s o r t o f w a y - e x ce p t t h e y u s e s o u nd wav es. Tra nsd u c e r s se n d sou n d w a v e s i n t o t h e w a t e r a n d t h e y b o unc e o ff obj ects- wh e t h e r t h e y b e f i s h , s t r u ct u re o r t h e b o t t o m - these s o und w a v e s a re t h e n re c e i v e d b y t h e t r a n s d u ce r a n d re l a t e d in to an electri ca l si g n a l , g i vi n g yo u a n u n d e r w a t e r s o n a r d i s p l a y o n y o u r Low ra nce sc re e n . W h e re a s t r a n s d u ce r s a re u s e d f o r b e l o w - w ater det e c t i on , r a d a r i s u s e d f o r a b o v e w a t e r d e t e ct i o n .