flasher interference

[lilwalter]

Have fished 2 vex's in the same house too long-sick of the interference. Plan on keeping one vex and going to either a marcum or bird. Now I see a post where a guy is sick of interference between vex and marcum. Will this be an issue with any flasher combo?

[bturck]

fished a vex and a marcum on LOW last week. very minor interference, only had to push the IFR button once to take care of it. Make sure transducer is not way below the ice you can get a secondary echo off of the ice itself. other than that not sure what the problem may be.

[FrontenacPike]

As long as you are the guy with the bigger flasher (LX5) you have nothing to worry about. I can fish next to anyone and not have a problem with mine. I've fished side by side other marcums and we can dial them in and have no interference. As for the guy that shows up with the FL-8, sorry buddy...I can clear my screen sorry about yours.

[hooksetter]

My buddy has a new FL-20 and it causes a lot of interference with my LX3. He has no issues at all and I am ok (sort of) by using my IR. I like it better when he forgets his unit!

[cribbageboy]

I fish with a 5 year old FL-8, while my buddy fishes with his two week old FL-12. His has interference rejection, so anytime we run into issues, he just clicks the IR button, and that fixes the problem.

[3littlemonsters]

Is it a wattage thing where the higher wattage unit overpowers the lower wattage unit or frequency related or....? Anyone know?

[harvey lee]

Keep your transducer right below the bottom of the ice. Turn the beam down to narrow if you have that option.

For interference, the Birds play very well together.

[Esox_Magnum]

I have 2 LX-5's and fish next to every Vex made and only problems we have is my LX next to a FL-12 rest are fine.

[FrontenacPike]

Do the birds play well with others?

[desert_bulls]

I'm not sure about the wattage being the problem, the bigger issue is they - Marcum and Vexilar run the same frequencies. Humminbird runs on a different frequency. If I run 2 vexilar I get more interference then when I run my marcum and vexilar.

[Scott Stein]

my buddy and I always fish my FL-8 and his FL-12 next to each other and rarely have problems. We both keep the ducer right above the bottom of the ice.

[minnbowhunter]

I have an old Zercom lcf-40 and I can tell when someone the next lake over turns his unit on. Seriously, my brother can set up 50 ft from me and whack my machine.

[jwmiller33]

i have a bird and my buddy who i do the majority of my ice fishing with has a vex and we never have interference problems

[DarthBaiter]

You want to eliminate interference.... Showdown 5.6 is the way to go. showdownfishfinder dot com

[jon1719]

Ran a fl-8se along my lx-5 today. No interference! For years i've had interference problems with my vex's all the time.

[fishersofmen]

Ran 2 vex's tonight with no problems.........3 feet apart.

[silverbulletguy]

Buy a Bird. Very friendly with all.

[harvey lee]

The key with most of these flashers is to work with them and most all will play well together. Some are just tougher than others. Keep the unit in narrow beam and keep the transducers as high as possible in the hole.

[Brad B]

From what I have heard the birds will not cause a problem for vexs or marcums since they are on a different frequency then those are. now 2 birds together will cause a problem with each other but like vexs or marcum this can be fixed with the interference rejection feature on the units.

[harvey lee]

I fished a 35 and 55 within 3 ft with no issues.

[jwmiller33]

From what I have heard the birds will not cause a problem for vexs or marcums since they are on a different frequency then those are. now 2 birds together will cause a problem with each other but like vexs or marcum this can be fixed with the interference rejection feature on the units.

this is my understanding also. another thing i like about having my bird is no one else has them! never have to worry interference, even tho it has 10 IR levels.

[jon1719]

Ran 2 vex's tonight with no problems.........3 feet apart.

We ran a micro-nar and an fl-8se 3' apart. when i would hit the ir on mine it would mess up the micronar. we tried everything we could but in the end one of us had to live with it.

[Ed Carlson]

Have fished 2 vex's in the same house too long-sick of the interference. Plan on keeping one vex and going to either a marcum or bird. Now I see a post where a guy is sick of interference between vex and marcum. Will this be an issue with any flasher combo?

You can easily eliminate that...first off ONLY the Vex experiencing the interference issues needs to be adjusted...don't cycle both units IR function at the same time.

Simply tap the IR on the Vexilar unit that is experiencing the cross talk interference tell it disappears...and your good.

Do not confuse "Suspended Particulate Clutter" with "Cross Talk Interference"..they are two separate display issues and are managed in different ways and managed separately.

When experiencing true Cross Talk Interference you will see counter rotating lines that cycle around counterclockwise on the display dial.

When experiencing "Particulate Clutter" you will see weak targets such as bugs or other suspended clutter particles the Vexilar picks up as targets and can be managed with the LP Mode or S-Cable and the Gain adjustment.

Particulate clutter is indeed true sonar targets, and only can be addressed and managed by calibrating the Gain Adjustment in unison with the aid of the LP Mode, or with the addition the addition of a S-Cable on units not equipped with the LP Function.

I hope this is helpful to you.

[DaSwede]

Interference is an easy fix with the Showdown. Maybe give that a try.

[jwhjr]

No issues last weekend between my LX-5 and a FL-18 that were within a few feet of each other. One or 2 pushes of the IR button and all was clear.