Steve regarding the power supply I tried it with the standard HD 2200 mah pack @ 11.6 volts then I tried the 8 cell dry pack @ 13.04 volt and the best results were using the 8 energizer lithium batteries that gave  me 14.64 volts, It ran for well over 10 hours and made the signals a little sharper but because of that smoothing effect it is almost impossible to measure any depth increase without having to do that overload trick, So the higher voltage does have an effect but not enough to stand ou