What is the radio antenna on pleasure boats. I see them on cabin cruisers on the lake going round and round.?

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What is the radio antenna on pleasure boats. I see them on cabin cruisers on the lake going round and round.?

2007-10-22 02:45:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating

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If You are talking about a bar-shaped antenna that rotates, it is an open-array radar antenna. Similar to this:

http://www.raymarine.com/ProductDetail.aspx?SITE=1&SECTION=2&PAGE=78&PRODUCT=3240

2007-10-22 02:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by cat38skip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

That is not a radio antenna revolving That is radar.

2007-10-22 12:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by pfiftyonemustang 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It keeps flies and mosquitoes away.
But, it probably Radar as mentioned above.

2007-10-22 03:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

radar not radio

2007-10-22 02:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by bungee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋