Detailed Product Description

New AKULA 9000 Ground Penetrating Radar unit, state of the art ground probing radar.
The AKULA is a Ground Pentrating radar control unit providing frequencies up to 600 Mhz. The unit allows full control of all features, plus is coupled with the most user friendly software around: GPR Soft Pro with 3D Module. Make your GPR surveys 3D, and get 3D module now.

The Akula 9000 has its own acquisition software written for a Windows Laptop PC. It allows for an automated setup, so even non-trained persons can perform your survey without getting in trouble.

Akula 9000 The ideal solution for deep and mid range applications

The Akula 9000 is the perfect choice for you deep and mid range ground penetrating radar applications. With a bandwidth from 20MHz to well beyond 1200MHz and a super fast acquisition times this unit will comply with all the survey needs of deep and mid range applications. The exceptionally low power consumption and the easy user interface will make the Akula 9000 your unit of choice for applications such as:

Thiscontrol unit is made completely of solid aluminum pieces and all thematerial used in the manufacturing process have been carefully selectedto supply the highest standard of quality and durability for many yearsto come. In fact, we are so confident on the quality of the unit thatwe offer not one, and not even two, but three year warranty on the mainunit.

What extras do you get with Akula 9000?

The Akula 9000can be used with all our antennas with center frequencies up to 600MHz.A unique feature of this ground penetrating radar control unit comparedto other similar equipment in the market is that it supportsintelligent antennas. Upon power up the unit communicates with theantenna and establishes an exchange of data that will allow foridentification and calibration of the internal parameters of the radardepending on the type of the antenna connected. This might seem as nota big deal since you already know what kind of antenna you areattaching to your radar, but there is more to it that the firstimpression seems to reveal. The Akula 9000 recalibrate the unit so you get the best possible data over and again without having to send anything back to the factory. This in a big advantage over the competition.

Theconcept with the intelligent antennas is not all about recalibration,but also about protection and early fault detection. The communicationwith the antenna is carried on with an well proven industry standardprotocol allowing for long cables to be used and no interferenceintroduced.

Another unique feature of our Akula 9000 is that it integrates the gps coordinates data in each and every trace of the radargram. This can be retrieved later on with our first class post processing software GPRSoft PRO to get not only the features under ground, but also their exact position.

All that sounds good, but what about the data?

Ithas taken us a little time to release this unit and one of the mainfactors contributing to that is that we do not compromise data quality.We strived to get the best possible data quality and we believe wesucceeded beyond expectations.

The data file on the left shows raw data collected with the Akula 9000 and our ground coupled antenna GBC-300A.The two hyperbolas in the file are two 500mm in diameter drums buriedat 0.87 and 1.4 meters depth. As one can immediately appreciate there'sno ringing in this data, there's no "high frequency" noise, no spikesor any other kind of "anomalies" one have seen in files collected withother equipment. One thing that should not escape your attention isthat not post processing was required to actually "see" the two drumsunder the ground. A higher resolution of the data is available

Thedata quality is assured to be the same in the broad temperatureinterval the system was designed to work. There won't be not driftingof the transmitting pulse caused by temperature, voltage on the batteryor any other external factors. So, in principle one could say that theonly thing required to get outstanding radar data is to setup thesystem properly from the start and just run the survey. The system willtake care of the rest and there won't be any surprises forcing you tostart all over again.

Even with air launched antennas such as the FLB-390 the Akula 9000 shows outstanding raw data. The focusing properties of the FLB-390and the low noise with which the data is collected makes the pipes onthe picture look already migrated and ready to load into the 3Dprocessing module. 

What else do I need to get started?

The Akula 9000 comes complete with:

You still will need an antenna and probably a survey cart to be comfortable during the survey. A comprehensive list of all available options and accessories is provided in the user manual of the unit.

Tech specs:
Survey range: 32ns up to 1024ns.``
Pulse repetition rate: 100 and 200 khz
Scan rate: 1 to 100 scans/second
Gain function: Lineaire gain, -20 to 60 db, 6 points
Vertical filters: Low-pass and High pass IIR and FIR
Horiontal filters: Stacking, Background removal.
Operating modes: Point, Survey Wheel and Time
Data storage: 16-bit data in proprietary GSF format
Weight: 2.5 Kgs (without laptop)
Dimensions: 305x240x55 mm

Akula is standard delivered with the following:
1 - control unit AKULA 9000 with one antenna (e.g. 100 Mhz for 10m deep 3D surveys)
2 - Laptop with GAS acquisition software, GPR Soft Standard
3 - 3 Meter control cable
4.- USB Cable
5 - Power Cable
6 - Led ACID battery  7.5 A/h
7 - Led acid Battery Charger
8 - Instruction Manual
9 - Warranty Statement

Antennas:
1- 100 Mhz ground coupled antenna
2- 100 Mhz air coupled antenna (plus electronics)
3- 400 Mhz ground coupled antenna
many more antennas for diffrent depths and conditions, please email

Options (please email for all options):
1. Panasonic Rugged outdoor Toughbook mk2 or mk3 with touch option
2. Improved NIMH battery
3. NIMH charger
4. GPR Soft Pro
5. 3D Option !
6. 6 Metre control cable
7. Car connection kit
8. Helicopter connection kit
9. Foat fitted PeliCase with trolley option
10. AGPS kit
11. Extended  (2 / 4 / 6 Metre) ip68 computer control cable
12. extra Training options, email


delivery time is 2 weels,

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