Craig Jungers wrote; There are four major factors involved in seeing kayaks from radar equipped > vessels: > 2. Radar power, state of tuning, and antenna location and orientation; > 4. The attention factor of the radar observer. I wish only to speak to items 2 and 4. We were off the Southern tip of Trial Island. It was a typical beautiful day in Victoria BC, bright sun, light winds and a small flotilla of Navy ships out. They were steering what one old navy hand deduced was a sub hunting pattern. After a while the ships (3) started to converge on this one area not far off our port bow. The old salt then suggested if anyone had hot dogs now would be a good time to pull them out and hold them up as the micro wave activity or broadcast from the ships might actually be high enough to cook the dogs. Not having any tubular steaks we were unable to test the theory. Later in the local watering hole the question of how long would you have to hold the dog aloft in order for it to be cooked by microwave transmissions from the ships came up. Such questions frequently come up within the kayaking community of Victoria. They're reflections of the curious intellect of the local paddling fraternity. Eventually calculations were being made on table napkins, someone was trying to account for and factor out radiation from the sun from the cooking equation. It was at about this time that I spotted an old female acquaintance and left to pursue more mundane matters. I believe the remaining gentlemen may still be in the pub should anyone wish to delve deeper in the mysteries of Canada's hot dog navy. Gordin Warner *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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