Need a radar...

[Reel Thrill]

I have a Garmin 3206 and want to network a radar to it. The new Garmin 18 HD and 24D look like the schizzle, but I wanted some opinions on them. I don't think my boat will pull the juice for an open array and I'd like to save the money with a dome. Are you able to find birds with these new domes? Does anyone have experience with either of these and how would you compare it to the Furuno or others?

[AquaholicFishing]

Don't have any experience with the Garmin radars but you will need atleast 4kw to pick up birds. I have a Furuno with 2k dome and I can not pick up birds.

[Reel Thrill]

Thanks for your help

[tkoppel]

I don't have any personal experience with Garmin Radar, however I used to have a Ray Marine 4kw Dome and could not pick up birds. However if you would think about going the extra for the Garmin 24HD Dome you would have a better chance. It has a range of 48 miles, if you mount it high enough, and Digital Signal Processing, providing sharper radar imagery and improved target separation that may show the birds.