Colin Calder wrote: > ...<snip>... > I personally don't have much concern about being run down by commercial vessels > (kayaks are pretty much the only craft which tend/are capable of nosing around/in > the local sea cliffs where I do maybe 90% of my paddling). However, I wonder > whether some sort of active transponder would give kayaks a noticeable radar > signature. > ... Pains Wessex makes a relatively compact marine radar transponder: http://www.pwss.com/products/xponders/rte.htm However it is very expensive, and while relatively compact, it is still a bit larger than is desirable for use on a kayak. Given this, and given that I paddle mainly in areas where larger boats fear to tread, I have not been tempted to buy one. But if I paddled in New York I might be tempted, given some of Ralph's stories of heavy ship traffic (and mystery barges) rumbling about in the fog. Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 22 1999 - 07:46:11 PDT
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