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Default Ketch Radar

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Gordon wrote:

If I mount the radar on the mizzen mast, how much signal will be
blanked by the main mast on a 36 footer?
G


Basically the part of the full circle (angle) it is blocking (maybe add
some of the radar beam width, typically up to 6 degrees for a small
radome) - radar frequencies behave almost like light in that respect.

HTH

Marc

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