Originally Posted by
Bozo T. Clown
...How and why would the sewn in reflectors be designed differently from the stick on reflectors? A different diode? A different length or shape of antenna? Or just different packaging? Is there an engineering difference or a marketing difference?
Specially placed, how? The obvious possible impairments to the signal are the water in the human body absorbing the signal, and metal objects blocking and reflecting the signal. Helmets and boots seem best because they’re less likely to be torn off, one or the other may end up close to the surface, and the reflector is less likely to be blocked by the torso. For a stick on reflector in a pocket without metal objects, that’s in roughly the same location as one sew into clothing, is there an engineering difference or an education difference?
Thanks in advance for your reply.