Mike Euritt wrote: > on another forum I visit, the "Radar Flag" reflector was posted. I went > to the site, had a look and purchased one designed for kayakers, I > thought I would pass it along > > http://www.radarflag.com/ProductDisplay.cfm?ProductID=Kayak This item has been reviewed, right here, in comparison with other types of reflectors: http://www.ussailing.org/safety/Studies/radar_reflector_2.htm#Radar%20Flag It is rated as equivalent to "four ducks," explained here: http://www.ussailing.org/safety/Studies/radar_reflector_test.htm#INDEX [excerpt] > One thing that helps put everything into perspective is to consider that > the radar return from a typical duck is about 0.1 m2, so our 1 m2 > reference sphere can be also described as 10 duck units, or 10 dus. Not > very big. So having properly introduced the technically hip decibel > units, we will now go on and talk about things we can visualize, like > square meters and duck units. Everyone understands that, when it comes > to radar reflectors, more ducks is better. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 20 2008 - 13:13:36 PDT
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