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It has but only for a few short hours lol The story was that we were fishing a mark called the rips which are about 26 miles out from Poole. We had got there ok with all our electrics working normally however the weather suddenly deteriorated so we decided to about turn and make our way back. At this time our plotter X2 went down and left us with a totally blank screen we also couldn't use the auto pilot. I didn't have a clue what was wrong. Checked connections which were ok, checked trips which were ok and being electrically illiterate at that point I gave up and made a heading at 150 knowing we would hit land and find our way back. Looking around we spotted a naval ship in the distance, it came, it went. After it had gone 3 or 4 miles all our electrics came back to life and back to normal. I can only assume that the amount of power their radar emits blanked out our electrics.

Something fried my GPS receiver for my Lowrance on Small Fry many years ago. 2 Guys from Lowrance were at a show and came over in the evening. They thought it was probably caused by a naval radar on high power. They gave me a new receiver completely free of charge. Fantastic service.

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That said don't get in the immediate vicinity of a man of war when they are using their radar on full power, I could tell a little story about that but I have had a couple of glasses of wine

Sounds like an interesting tale! Has the vino worn off yet??

I'm underneath mine, not in the beam.

I’m not worried about it. My 2-12 was one i’m trying to smash anyway. Next year maybe ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just asking a pertinertinent question as radar has been likened to standing by a running microwave with no door on...... 🤪