In article ,
(Parallax) wrote:

For ppl who really want to stay connected while afloat ( I dunno why
but they do). Useless Idea #3734

snipped for being "to Stupid to Republish"

I never said I had good ideas. However, I realize that somehow you
better disconnect the connection when the VHF or radar is used. I
also forgot about impedance matching (my god, alzheimers, I taught an
engineering lab on impedance matching once). I really don't know how
a radar antenna works on small boats. If it is just a rotating dish,
it oughta work with the right transducer.

OK, an even worse idea.......Use your radar (I dont have one) as a
high gain antenna to point toward a cell tower. It ought to work for
900 Mhz. Some electronics could figger out the direction to the best
tower.

would be nice if folks who don't have a clue would just say they 'Don't
have a clue"


From Jim Woodward

3) The radar antenna idea actually has some technical merit,

and this "technical merit" would be?????
Cellphone 800Mhz
xBand radar 10Ghz
Bzzzt, Try again.......

Well not that the "Moorons" have finished lets hope Sanity wins out.....

Bruce in alaska
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add a 2 before @

Come on, Bruce, lighten up. Of course it's a really dumb idea -- many
of Parallax's ideas are dumb and he says so. Occasionally, though, he
gets me thinking along unconventional lines, so I go along with the
gag on some of his dumbest ones....

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

Bruce in Alaska wrote in message ...
In article ,
(Parallax) wrote:

For ppl who really want to stay connected while afloat ( I dunno why
but they do). Useless Idea #3734

snipped for being "to Stupid to Republish"

I never said I had good ideas. However, I realize that somehow you
better disconnect the connection when the VHF or radar is used. I
also forgot about impedance matching (my god, alzheimers, I taught an
engineering lab on impedance matching once). I really don't know how
a radar antenna works on small boats. If it is just a rotating dish,
it oughta work with the right transducer.

OK, an even worse idea.......Use your radar (I dont have one) as a
high gain antenna to point toward a cell tower. It ought to work for
900 Mhz. Some electronics could figger out the direction to the best
tower.

would be nice if folks who don't have a clue would just say they 'Don't
have a clue"


From Jim Woodward

3) The radar antenna idea actually has some technical merit,

and this "technical merit" would be?????
Cellphone 800Mhz
xBand radar 10Ghz
Bzzzt, Try again.......

Well not that the "Moorons" have finished lets hope Sanity wins out.....

Bruce in alaska