Coast Guard Experiments With Radar "Reflectors" On Buoys. Reflectors resembling those on highway signs, placed on lighted and other types of buoys, double the usefulness of these well-known aids to navigation for shops using modern radar equipment. The Coast Guard has conducted experiments with various types of radar reflectors, and has found that a buoy with a reflector can be "picked-up" by a ship's radar at twice the distance than when the buoy alone is the target.

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