Radar Detectors

[BobE]

I've got an old "Cobra trapshooter" Radar detector which I bought about 20 yrs ago in the States... It picks up X band and K band ...Any idea whether or not it could work as a marine radar warning device ??

Just a Thought ;-)
Cheers

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[StugeronSteve]

No idea, but I bet they will become essential kit on the PWCs.

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[Stingo]

Try asking David Searle dws@orange.net. He was/is the Lokata Agent in the UK and I have found him to be very helpful.

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[Col]

Why? Have you got some special souped-up iron sail??

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[BobE]

No Col nowt special Just thought it would be nice to know that I had at least appeared on their screens or maybe that their radar had seen me... I'd still take avoiding action tho' regardless of col. regs. etc the big widgers don't stop quick enough !!
Cheers

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[Jacket]

<nice to know that I had at least appeared on their screens or maybe that their radar had seen me...>

Ehh? Just because radar waves are coming in your direction and can be picked up by you is no guarantee that you've appeared on their radar screen. That depends on how much you're reflecting.

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[Stingo]

But at least the radar detector tells you that you are being scanned and therefore there is shipping in the vacinity.

The problem with using them in a place like the English Channel is that it goes of constantly. But then we all know that no matter where you are in the English Channel, this is shipping in the vacinity, so no need for one!

Radar detectors come into their own on ocean passages when there is little shipping and when one just might be tempted to be a little less diligent on watchkeeping. They're also brilliant for single handers.


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[BobE]

Yeah, Of course you're right Jacket, but at least I would know they were somwhere within radar range of me....
As Eccles once said when discovered underneath the floorboards ( Cabinsole to you lot)
"Everyones got to be somewhere"
Cheers Bob E...

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[Twister_Ken]

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[peterb]

Re: Blatant plug

Ken

Radar Target Enhancers (RTEs) are very good at responding at long range, and do then give the echo of a small ship. Unfortunately, their effectiveness compared with a radar reflector falls off at short ranges, and may be lost in sea clutter. That shouldn't matter if the ship has recorded you, but the nearest I've ever come to a collision with a ship was when we were sufficiently close to be lost in the clutter, the ship forgot us, and suddenly altered course.

Incidentally, can you imagine what a scan of the Solent would look like if all the boats were fitted with RTEs? Nevertheless, I suspect that that is the way we'll be heading in the next few years, bearing in mind the SOLAS 5 requirements.

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