User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Safety Instructions
- Getting Started
- Receiver
- Receiver Menus
- Locating Basics
- Advanced Locating
- Transmitter
- Appendix A: System Specifications
- Appendix B: Receiver Screen Symbols
- Appendix C: Projected Depth Versus Actual Depth and the Fore/Aft Offset
- Appendix D: Calculating Depth Based on Distance Between FLP and RLP
- Appendix E: Reference Tables
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Locating Basics
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If you're new to locating and first want to know everything about the locating screens,
you've come to the right place. If you already know locators and want to jump right in
and start locating with your Falcon F5 system, skip to Interference.
Locating in a High-Interference Area
This section covers locating basics:
l Locating screens
l Checking for interference and suggestions for dealing with it
l Performing a roll/pitch check
l Finding and marking front and rear locate points (FLP and RLP) and the locate line (LL) to pinpoint the
transmitter
l The geometry of the FLP, RLP, and LL with respect to the transmitter
l Methods to verify depth readings
Refer to the DigiTrak YouTube site at www.youtube.com/dcikent for helpful videos on
these and many other locating topics.