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Ooopps! Yes, I mean the 264W 200khz to get the wide beam. The idea is M260 (19 deg 50khz, 6 deg 200khz) for deep water and SS264W 25 deg 200khz wide beam for shallower water, trolling and whenever a wider cone is needed.
The Switchbox could accomodate sitching between any transducer so you have one 50 and one 200 working at a time. Airmar has schematics on their website on how this works.
From what I have learned talking to the techs at Gemeco, the combination 50/200 tilted element would not be your best choice because of the fewer elements used. If you go only with the tilted I would suggest to go with two separate ducers, one for 50 and one for 200. That would be what they call SS264N (25 deg 50, 6 deg 200). Although the SS264N pair uses the same number of elements as the M260, the M260 will give you better performance in deep water because of the narrower 50khz beam.Basically, you have trade-offs. The M260 looses some power because it shoots through the hull but has the narrower beam to compensate for it.The 264 50 sees no obstacle (hull) but has a wider beam so it doesnt reach as deep. Depends what you want with it.
As I told you before, I am rigging the new boat with the M260 and the 264W 200 to be able to adapt to different needs when called for. The 200 wide cone will give you 4 times the cone area of the 6 deg 200.
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