Rangefinder Pairs

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From: Frank Manning
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 02:08

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Occasionally the subject of Polaroid rangefinders appears in this
newsgroup. I was wondering how much range you can get with the rangefinders
if you use a pair of transducers facing each other -- that is, a receiver
and separate transmitter. Has anybody tried this?

The Polaroid documentation (The Fascinating Manual) mentions this as a way
to increase range, but they don't give any numbers. Range with a single
transducer is listed as 35 feet.

-- Frank Manning                                --
-- College of Engineering and Mines             --
-- Civil Engineering 100, University of Arizona --
-- Tucson, AZ  85721    frank@evax2.arizona.edu --

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Subject: Rangefinder Pairs
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