JonC Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Luke @Odysseytouched on the value of radar reflectors last week, here’s an example from today The large target in the middle I’ve marked was an 18’ fishing boat with an echo max style reflector. The target return was as big as the 30’ sailing cat in front of it and bigger than the fishing boat behind which was also a lot bigger. I think I’ll buy one. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 That's a good illustration of the benefit of a decent reflector. You've got me thinking about one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Andy135 said: That's a good illustration of the benefit of a decent reflector. You've got me thinking about one now. And the photos were both the right way up. I’ve taken my bollocking, I’m repentant captin slows old outlaw, Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) There was a study done on reflectors abs how well they performed, interesting read 🙂 https://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2007-Radar-Reflector-Test.pdf Edited December 5, 2020 by Odyssey Andy135 and JonC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 good read, very yousfull thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 3 hours ago, JonC said: And the photos were both the right way up. I’ve taken my bollocking, I’m repentant The echo max range has one that has a light built in, so I think my best thing will be to get rid of the boggy anchor light I have and fit one on top of the arch in its place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 30 minutes ago, JonC said: The echo max range has one that has a light built in, so I think my best thing will be to get rid of the boggy anchor light I have and fit one on top of the arch in its place It’s what I did on my parker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: It’s what I did on my parker. The base mount looks a bit big for my arch, I’ll have to work it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Sorry Neil, but I thought that was a bread bin fitted with a night light to help JC find his way to the galley at night. Geoff. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 minute ago, JonC said: The base mount looks a bit big for my arch, I’ll have to work it out I went for the rotating removable mounting plate because it was easier to fit than the standard. Mine was mounted on the grp roof in place of the anchor light . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: I went for the rotating removable mounting plate because it was easier to fit than the standard. Mine was mounted on the grp roof in place of the anchor light . If you crank your head round or press screen rotation lock then you’ll see what I mean, my anchor light platform is only about 70mm diameter Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Take a look at these then. Or they do different mounting options. https://www.echomax.co.uk/actives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Take a look at these then. Or they do different mounting options. https://www.echomax.co.uk/actives As much as it pains me your earlier suggestion of sticking it between the spot lights may have some legs, it would also hide the old mounting holes that I’ve never repaired , it’s just if it casts a shadow in front of my radome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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