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rhys
 
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:20:53 -0500, "Bruce on horizon"
wrote:

I would like to see out 8 to 10 miles with the
radome mounted 20-30' up the mizzen. I


Sidebar question: Am I woefully ignorant on radar implementation or am
I correct in assuming that a target heading directly for one's bow
would be invisible to a mizzen mounted radar due to the three-to-four
degree "screen" of the main mast directly ahead?

Or am I missing something? Why the mizzen (aside from its convenience
and the fact few people use a mizzen stays'l, so nothing to hook the
radome or mount).

R.