How does Recco technology work?
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MrWadsworth
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It's called a harmonic reflector.
Say radar works at a frequency of 1 GHz. RECCO uses a small electronic circuit to generate a harmonic (integer multiple of that signal) which goes back to the sender.
Signal out at 1 GHz
Returns at say, 2 GHz.
Say radar works at a frequency of 1 GHz. RECCO uses a small electronic circuit to generate a harmonic (integer multiple of that signal) which goes back to the sender.
Signal out at 1 GHz
Returns at say, 2 GHz.
nagelthebagel
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Basically just like the chips they put into items you buy at a store, and when you walk out and you haven' t payed for them alarm goes of.
californiagrown
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one helluva good corpse recovery device. not real great for much else though.
howlongcanausern
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you can use it to find lost go pro/cell phones. patrol occasional will lend the detector thing out
californiagrown
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so you are the asshole that will kill someone because you value a gopro over a life. while they are frantically trying to locate a buried human, they will accidentally be following the signal from your lost cellphone.
bad, bad idea.
bad, bad idea.
howlongcanausern
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A recco is used when the person is presumed dead and their beacon batteries have died. Otherwise they use a beacon to.locate the person because a beacon is not nearly bulky as a recco locator.
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californiagrown
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are you stupid, trolling, or completely missing the meaning of my post?
howlongcanausern
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i thought it was a pretty good explanation of why they sometimes use reccos and sometimes use beacons.
a cell phone signal will not interfere with a recco locator. the reason it detects these electronic devices is because the batteries in them are mostly metal, and reflect the signal.
a cell phone signal will not interfere with a recco locator. the reason it detects these electronic devices is because the batteries in them are mostly metal, and reflect the signal.
