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• Using radar reflectors.
  • As far as I know passive reflectors
    • We have a Lensref, this site might be informative with the various types...
  • Radar Bands
    • A Davis in "rain catch" position...
  • Uhh, didn't Doctor Electron settle this once and for all, years ago...? (grin)
    • I miss Dr. Electron as he was always right.
    • I seem to recall a line from a Vaugn Meader comedy album "Prease, not to mention that name!" from Chang Kai Chek (sp?)
  • Most of the objective tests on passive radar reflectors suggest they are marginal at best.
    • An AIS transponder is probably the way to go nowadays
      • Curiously, two high speed cat ferries I have been on lately have not had functioning AIS.
        • I experienced that first-hand in Boston