Re: [Paddlewise] radar signature

From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 02:21:30 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 juliom_at_cisco.com wrote:

> According to Derek Hutchinson's book, the radar reflectors he and his 
> friends used were not very effective.  He says that a pole with a ball
> of aluminum foil wrap at the end is a much better reflector than a
> standard reflector sitting on the deck.

I've been saving one of those wine-box bladders of aluminized(?) mylar to
put on a paddle blade as a radar reflector. Would that work? e

Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu

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