Stus-List Radar Reflector

2018-05-24 Thread robert via CnC-List
should buy the bridge I have in Brooklyn...;-) Leslie. (unless some laws of physics have changed in the last few years.) On Wed, 5/23/18, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector To: cnc-li

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2018-05-24 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
physics have changed in the last few years.) > > > > On Wed, 5/23/18, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: "robert" <rob

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2018-05-23 Thread Leslie Paal via CnC-List
wrote: Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "robert" <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 6:25 AM A friend with a scientific background offered up an explanation of what 'might' have happened to my radar reflector. He s

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2018-05-23 Thread Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List
in the middle of the lake (near shipping lanes) in dense fog. This is when I hoist the reflector. What do people recommend for this type of limited use? -Original Message- From: robert via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:25 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List

Stus-List Radar Reflector

2018-05-23 Thread robert via CnC-List
A friend with a scientific background offered up an explanation of what 'might' have happened to my radar reflector. He said "Did you ever put a plastic container that had a bit of metal left behind from the safety seal on its top edge in the microwave oven and hit 'Start'.  A small piece of

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2018-05-22 Thread Lee Youngblood via CnC-List
Rob >> >> Any chance UV got to your zip ties and the reflector simply fell to the deck >> and exploded on impact? >> >> Mike >> >> -Original Message- >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of robert >> v

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2018-05-22 Thread Derek Kennedy via CnC-List
Last season, I managed to snag the main halyard on my radar reflector (tube type) without noticing while I was attaching it to the main in a brisk wind. When I raised the sail, the halyard sliced through all the cable ties attaching the reflector to the shroud. The reflector clung to the halyard

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2018-05-22 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Rob — Halifax Traffic most likely has a few very powerful open-array radars (like these: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/777361/41291844/in/keyword/76402/self ) that they use to track vessel traffic; these are going to far

Stus-List Radar Reflector

2018-05-22 Thread robert via CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:34 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Hoyt, Mike Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Radar Reflector Hi Rob Any chance UV got to your zip ties and the reflector simply fell to the deck and exploded

Stus-List Radar Reflector

2018-05-22 Thread robert via CnC-List
To: robert via CnC-List Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector Just finished a sail on Saturday p.m., started the motor and was standing in the cockpit with my back facing the bow when I heard a loud noise, what sounded like a 12 gauge gun go off behind me..felt something hit me in the back

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2018-05-22 Thread Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List
: robert Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector Just finished a sail on Saturday p.m., started the motor and was standing in the cockpit with my back facing the bow when I heard a loud noise, what sounded like a 12 gauge gun go off behind me..felt something hit me in the back, turned around and saw

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2018-05-21 Thread Persuasion37 via CnC-List
Joe I was going to say the same. Years ago Practical Sailor tested radar reflectors and those type tested poorly. Consider it a blessing now you can get a proper one. Mike PERSUASION C 37 K/CB Long Sault > On May 21, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List >

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2018-05-21 Thread Joe Della Barba via CnC-List
Besides for everything else, those "reflectors" don't actually do anything involving reflecting radar. Joe Coquina C 35 MK I On 5/21/2018 10:14 AM, robert via CnC-List wrote: That is a possibility, but not a probably.the reflector was on the lower port shroudthere was no one in

Stus-List Radar Reflector

2018-05-21 Thread robert via CnC-List
That is a possibility, but not a probably.the reflector was on the lower port shroudthere was no one in front of or behind me and no sign of anything that might have hit the mast or either the port or starboard side. But that is what one of my marina neighbors suggested in jest!!!

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2018-05-21 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Any of your neighbors doing some target practice with their 12-gauge shotgun? :^) Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On May 21, 2018, at 8:46 AM, robert via CnC-List > wrote: > > Just finished a sail on

Stus-List Radar Reflector

2018-05-21 Thread robert via CnC-List
Just finished a sail on Saturday p.m., started the motor and was standing in the cockpit with my back facing the bow when I heard a loud noise, what sounded like a 12 gauge gun go off behind me..felt something hit me in the back, turned around and saw 5 - 6 square pieces of aluminum on the