In article .com,
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:

For the most part they wasted their money.


bunch of drivel snipped......

LOL!

Wilbur Hubbard

Only a Moroooon (Bugs Bunny definition) would think to use a Radar only
for spotting Weather..... That is NOT what Marine Radars were Designed,
Built and Installed to do. Marine Radars were and are designed, to keep
you from running into other Moving Objets, that can't be seen with the
naked eye, or enhanced eyes, when it is DARK, Foggy, or Precipitation is
cutting down your visual Range. Back in the day, Radar was used as a
Position Fixing Device, but that has largely been replaced with, first
Loran A, Loran C, and now GPS. It also was used for locating Buoys, and
Navigational Aids, in the past, but that has largely been replaced by
the ChartPlotter, driven by the above mentioned Position Fixing Devices,
on the modern Bridge. the AIS Transponder System is making some inroads,
into the classic RADAR uses, but there are many OBJects, that simply do
not carry AIS Transponders. So, simply, Radar in todays Marine
Environment, is to keep you from running into other non-fixed Objects,
that you can't see, due to a variety of causes.

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