Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

Check the Practical Sailor archives. They tested radar reflectors and found none of them were really very effective, IIRC. But better than nothing. Also, even if your active radar did help make you more visible, you'd have to have it on. On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 1:29 AM, Damian Greene via

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

One of the fellow members of our UK yacht club (Reading Offshore Sailing Club) has a funny story about entering Le Havre in fog with their active radar reflector. Based on the size of their echo, the other traffic was expecting a much bigger ship entering the channel, and had cleared out of

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

Thanks all for these helpful responses, and Fred in particular.  Damian = On Friday, February 2, 2018, 6:29:25 PM GMT, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote: FWIW, ISAF requires radar reflectors regardless whether the boat has radar.  Even on a

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

> On Fri, 2/2/18, Frederick G Street via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: "Frederick G Street" <f...@postaudio.net> > Date: Friday, Febru

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

cnc-list.com> wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "Frederick G Street" <f...@postaudio.net> Date: Friday, February 2, 2018, 10:22 AM That’s one of the more weird things I’ve heard… radars are specif

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

FWIW, ISAF requires radar reflectors regardless whether the boat has radar. Even on a steel hull. Joel On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > That’s one of the more weird things I’ve heard… radars are specifically > designed to try to

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

seen by other boats, but the radar reflector can’t hurt. Joe Della Barba Coquina C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Damian Greene via CnC-List Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 12:42 PM To: C List Cc: Damian Greene Subject: Stus-List Question: Radar

Re: Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

That’s one of the more weird things I’ve heard… radars are specifically designed to try to filter out any signals not their own. Other boats might have something like the CARD system aboard to pick up other vessels’ radar: http://nordkyndesign.com/collision-avoidance-at-sea-ais-alarm-project/

Stus-List Question: Radar reflector vs. active radar

Here's a question for your collective wisdom:  We regularly have fog here in Maine, and my normal practice is to hoist a Davis emergency radar reflector in the shrouds (so I hopefully will not get run over by a lobster boat). So this year I decided to get the yard to mount an EchoMax reflector