Davis Instruments Emergency Echomaster Radar Reflector - 152
$168.60
Davis Instruments Emergency Echomaster Radar Reflector - 152 Item # 864453
Description
Features:
- Every small boat needs a radar reflector
- Davis Instruments Echomaster™ Radar Reflectors give ships a chance to see your boat in fog and low visibility conditions which is a must for serious boaters
- The Echomaster circular plate radar reflector is the most practical, efficient, and cost- effective reflector available to pleasure boaters
- Echomaster's superiority is proven
- It was ranked one of the world's best radar reflectors and one of the top ten sailing products by Practical Sailor
- SRI rated Echomaster "superior" after the most rigorous tests ever conducted on radar reflectors, some costing 10 times as much
- This model provides 12 square meters of radar cross section
- Non-anodized marine grade aluminum plates come apart and can be stored flat or assembled in minutes
- The plates are made of sturdy, stamped 0.05 in. (1.3 mm) thick aluminum with riveted nylon corner latches for quick assembly or disassembly
- Install around a backstay or make your own hanging bridle as described in the 16-page Radar Reflector Booklet included with Echomaster
- The standard EchoMaster radar reflector can be assembled around a backstay or wire rigging
- Mounting holes in corner latches make sturdy attachment points for suspending from a bridle
- Includes booklet describing installation and proper use
Specifications:
- Reflector plates are 12.5" (32 cm) diameter, circular, aluminum
- Plates provide 13.2 square yards (12 sq. meters) of maximum effective radar cross section in the X or 3 cm band (9–9.6 GHz frequency)
- Based on optimum orientation between the reflector and radar
- Echomaster offers equivalent radar cross section of conventional triangular plate reflector with approximate 17" (43 cm) diagonal dimension
- Plates are made of robust 0.05" (1.3 mm) marine grade aluminum; sufficient thickness to minimize flexing
- Dimples in plates allow corner latches to attach precisely, minimizing angular distortion
- Windage holes reduce aerodynamic drag and allow assembly of the reflector around a backstay
- Windage hole size 1.25" (32 mm)
- Captive corner latches are tough, injection molded plastic to assure minimum angle error
- Corner latches allow reflector to be quickly and easily assembled and demounted
- Weight without mounting hardware: 1.65 lbs (.75 kg)