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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian and Heidi Jarman <>
To: Bill Jones <>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: Installing Radar on the Mast
> Bill,
> The commercial fishermen here on the Oregon coast would advise you to
> keep the radar down a little lower, say 10-20 feet off the water. General
> opinion is: in a fog bank, a radar mounted 30 or more feet up could miss
> targets closer in (the important ones!). If they are correct, I would
much
> rather have close in accuracy than a picture of things over the
> height-of-eye horizon.
> Just something to consider, and I hope it helps.
>
> -Ian Jarman
> s/v Braveheart CSY 37
>
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