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On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 16:22:35 -0400 "Don.Taylor" <Don.Taylor-fulcrum.com>
writes:
>How high (up a mast) can you practically mount a radome?
>Because of my rig, I don't think that I can mount one below about 35
>feet above the water-line.
>I am looking at buying a unit like the Raytheon RL-9.
Don,
Why do you wish to go to all the trouble & expense of mounting the Radar
way up your mast. You will have to get an extension cable approximatly
$50.00, and unless you wish to have the cable exposed will have the
problem of how to secure the cable inside the mast. Also even a 16 LB
radome up 35 feet will add 560 ft LBS when heeled, requiring the
addition of 140 LBs of ballast 4' down.
It might be far easier to install the Radar on a pole aft, sufficiently
high enough to clear any Radar shadow from the boom. We did this with
our RL-9 and accomplished the entire installation for less than the cost
of the extension cable, plus might still have a Radar if we ever lost the
rig. Good Sailing, sean
