Lew,
Thanks for the great info.It's appreciated.This is what happens when a person like me who is competent mechanically,but has zero experience with other things can get themselves in trouble.
I never even thought about any problems that may happen from radar,until I came across something about it on some website.Of course did I read all the installation manual??,only enough to to get the right electrical connections.
I figured why spend the money on a raised mount when I can just mount it directly to the plate on the arch.
Looks like the old saying that one knows enough just to be dangerous possibly turned out to be true for me.This is what I get for thinking I know what I'm doing.
The good thing(actually it a bad thing) is that I unfortunately don't get to use the boat all that much,maybe a total of 20 days a season, and for the most part we don't have the radar on.When it is on,it's usually on standby mode.
If I have to depend on it in thick fog,most likely I'll be sitting along with my crew and heading in to port.The unit will be several feet above me then.
Even so,I'm going to buy a raised mount for it.Thanks for the help.
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All this,just for a boat ride
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