| Brand |
Knudsen Engineering Limited |
| Year of initial development |
2007 |
| Name of product |
Chirp 3260 |
| Product model |
Chirp 3260 |
| Max power consumption (Watt) |
180W |
| Power (AC or DC) |
85-265VAC |
| Weight (in air, kg) and dimensions (wxhxd) transducer/transceiver |
N/A |
| Weight (kg) and dimensions (w x h x d) display and logging unit |
25kg/55lbs 533mm(21") x 483mm(19") x 222mm(8.7") |
| Portability of logger (rack, desktop, portable) |
5U Rackmount case, Desktop or Portable PC |
| Hull mounted transducer, surface towed fish, deep towed fish? |
Hull mounted transducer |
| Software platform (windows, other) |
Windows XP, Vista and 7 |
| Depth range of operation (m) |
Full Ocean Depth 10,000m + |
| Frequency range (kHz) |
3.5-210kHz |
| Is the system dual frequency, single frequency or a chirp? |
Y, up to four channels all chirp capable |
| Power output of the single frequency transducer at standard frequencies (W @ kHz); total power output of the chirp. |
up to 10kW |
| Maximum resolution |
10cm resolution |
| Maximum penetration |
Up to 100m sediment dependent |
| Maximum pulse sounding rate |
10Hz |
| Pulse length |
up to 64ms |
| Dynamic range (db), if appropriate |
> 150dB |
| Heave, pitch and roll corrections included? |
Heave only |
| Capable of being operated remotely (e.g. via PC) |
Y |
| External data inputs supported (heave/roll/pitch, positioning) |
Heave and position |
| Can events and annotations be marked? |
Y |
| Is real-time coupling to survey/post processing software possible? |
Y |
| What data can be displayed (e.g. depth, classification, thickness)? |
Digitised depth and full echogram |
| What is the main use of the system? |
Full Ocean Depth Survey and Sub bottom Profiling |
| Data output options (e.g. raw data, transducer and motion corrected depth, seafloor classification) |
Raw data, heave corrected, draft corrected, correlation processed, amplitude or square-law envelope detected |
| Data output formats (NMEA, SEGY, etc) |
SEG-Y, NMEA, XTF, ASCII and Binary |
| Data output for seafloor classification? |
Y |
| Connection possibilities (USB, network, printer, RS232 etc) |
USB, Network, and RS-232 |
| How is data internally logged (e.g. solid state, hard disks, other)? |
Hard disk of control PC |
| Which type of post processing is possible |
Majority of standard processing packages capable of handling SEG-Y and XTF files |
| Can third parties' software be integrated for post processing? |
Y |
