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From: earle@miracl.DEC (Re-entrant list structures alter DNA)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Radar effectiveness
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 17:44:20 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 17:44:20 1986
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Simple question, I hope easy answer:

	I have a vinyl nose mask on my car.  It has cloth backing.  The
way it covers those nose allows almost no metal to be seen while looking
straight on the front of the car.  There might be a little metal to be seen
from the top of the mask to the bottom of the windshield but it isn't very
much because the sloping of the roof isn't that great at that point.  The
car is a Starion so there isn't much of a 'grille' on the front.  The vents
leading into the engine are two horizontal slots for the width of the car.
The opening is fashioned out of plastic not metal.  The headlights are 
retractable and they have covers for them too.  Can't see much of the roof
either.

	My question:  Is the front of my car 'stealthy' (sorry for the word,
but what the h*ll); i.e. will it make a bad reflector for radar signals?


					George Earle
					DECVAX!DECWRL!RHEA!OBLIO!EARLE

PS:  Anyone ever use a radar interference unit?  What do you use it for if
all the ads say "be carefull in use when near police radar"?

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