TUTORIALS

RANGE

RADIO WAVES

RR

1 NM

0.25 NM

ANTISEA

WORKBOOK

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EQUIPMENT

TEXT

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PLOTTING TEXT

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EXERCISES
TUNING

RADAR
RADAR EYE

DEMONSTRATOR

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TUNING
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FALSE ECHOS

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OR USE SHORTCUT BUTTONS

NAVIGATION

HEAD UP DISPLAY
PLOTTING
NAVIGATION

COLLISION
AVOIDANCE

RADAR TRAINER
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GRAFTON RADAR
WILLIAMSTOWN

THE RADIO WAVE

This presentation contains images courtesy of Radar Master 5, National Module Code:ABF 534.
Australian National Training Authority 1997

RADAR WAVES TRAVEL AT 160000 NM/SEC OR 300 MILLION MT /SEC

SPEED =WAVELENGTH X FREQUENCY

RADAR WAVES TRAVEL 300 MTRS IN A MICROSECOND

300 = 0.03 X 10000

300 = 0.1 X 3000

TUNING

A TO Z TUNING METHOD
BRILLIANCE
GAIN

HEADING MARKER CHECK

RANGE
TUNING
SCAN RANGES for targets
ANTI SEACLUTTER check
RETUNE as radar warms up

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POWER ON TO
WARM UP

PRESS

SCANNER ON

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SELECT
BRILLIANCE
TO LEVEL REQUIRED

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INCREASE GAIN
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until timebase covers

the screen

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INCREASE GAIN
But dont overdo it

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INCREASE GAIN
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until timebase reaches

edge

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CHECK FOR TARGETS

Under heading marker

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2NM RR
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RANGE RINGS ON

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TUNE FOR MONITORS

BEST LEVEL

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2NM RR
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USE ANTI-SEA
CLUTTER CAREFULLY

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CHECK TARGETS
CLOSING ON THE EBL

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BACK

NOW TRY THE

DEMONSTRATOR

MUTUAL INTERFERENCE

A small pulse transmitter is

mounted on the beacon which
is triggered by the vessels
radar pulse.
The mark will be displayed on
the screen only intermittently.
The true echo of the beacon
will appear on the screen in
front of the identification
signal.

Ramarks transmit pulses

continuously or to special
time schedules, rather than
on receipt of a vessels radar
pulse.

SARTS detect the incoming radar pulse from a searching aircraft or

ship and respond by transmitting a distinctive signal of 12 blips
extending approximately 8 nautical miles outward from the SARTs
position.

SHIPS HEAD UP
RELATIVE MOTION
UNSTABILISED DISPLAY

NORTH UP
TRUE MOTION
STABILISED DISPLAY

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EBL
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TM

270T

TRUE MOTION
TM
285T

TARGET DISPLAY
ON CHANGING OWN
COURSE
270T TO 300T

SHU DISPLAY

270T

RELATIVE
EBL
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MOTION

285T

UNSTABILISED
TRUE MOTION THE HEADING MARKER REMAINS RELATIVE MOTION
300T
TM
STILL. THE TARGET BLURS AS EBL
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300T

OWN SHIP TURNS & THEN SETTLES

ON THE WIDER RELATIVE ANGLE
(EBL)

TM

TARGET DISPLAY
ON CHANGING OWN
COURSE
270T - 300T

TRUE MOTION

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HM
EBL
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RELATIVE

TM

MOTION

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NU DISPLAY

HM

STABILISED
EBL
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TRUE MOTION
TM

HM MOVES TO FOLLOW
COURSE CHANGE &
TARGET TRACE IS
STATIC

RELATIVE
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HM

EBL
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MOTION

RELATIVE
MOTION

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Other
vessel
stopped

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COLLISION AVOIDANCE
THE SS STOCKHOLM (BELOW) COLLIDED WITH THE SS ANDREA DORIA WITH
THE LOSS OF 52 CREWMEN DESPITE A RADAR WATCH. IT WAS TO BE LATER
CALLED THE FIRST:

RADAR ASSISTED COLLISION

READ HER STORY

DECREASING RANGE ON
THE SAME EBL WARNS
OF COLLISION
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CLOSING ON THE EBL

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BACK

CPA &TCPA

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WAY OF OWN
WAY OF ANOTHER

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EXERCISES & ASSIGNMENTS

EXERCISE 1. OPERATION
EXERCISE 2. TRANSMISSION
EXERCISE 3. FALSE ECHOS
ASSIGNMENT 4. THEORY
PLOTTING SHEET

EXERCISE 5. NAVIGATION

PRACTICAL 1

EXERCISE 6. RULES

PRACTICAL 2

EXERCISE 7. PLOTTING

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

ASSIGNMENT 8. STARPATH

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