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Radar for Mariners
Radar for Mariners, Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar Operator
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  • Radar for Mariners
  • Written by author David Burch
  • Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, The, November 2004
  • Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar Operator Nothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you
  • Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar OperatorNothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you n
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Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One. Working Knowledge of Radar

Chapter 1. How Radar Works

Ranges, Bearings, and Buoys

Head-Up Display Mode

Marking and Reading the Screen by Hand

Chapter 2. Operation and “Tuning”

Warm-Up

Standby Mode

Picture-Quality Controls

Measurement Controls

Other Controls and Features

Summary and General Adjustment Tips

Chapter 3. Interpreting the Radar Screen

How Far Does the Radar See?

Three Views of the World

Chapter 4. Radar for Position Navigation

Radar versus GPS

Radar and GPS: Using Radar Underway

Chapter 5. Radar Piloting

Maintaining a Channel Position

Rounding a Corner at Fixed Distance Off

Using the Heading Line to Identify Landmarks Ahead

Identifying an Entrance Channel

Detecting Current Set

Offset Tracking

Anchoring with Radar

Chapter 6. Radar for Collision Avoidance

Working with Moving Targets

Relative Motion

Evaluating Risk of Collision

North-Up versus Head-Up in Traffic Observations

Part Two. Beyond the Basics

Chapter 7. Installation, Specifications, and Performance

Installation

Specifications

Performance

Chapter 8. Special Controls and Features

Special Controls

Features

Chapter 9. False Echoes and Interference

Side-Lobe Interference

Radar-to-Radar Interference

Ghost Targets from Reflections

Abnormal Radar Ranges

Rain and Squalls

Bridges

Chapter 10. Advanced Navigation and Piloting

Calibrations

Fix from Multiple Ranges

Range and Visual Bearings

Optimizing Radar Fixes

Parallel Indexing

Making Landfall

Chapter 11. Radar Maneuvering

Target Vessel Aspect

Relative Motion Diagram

E-Chart Programs for Vector Solutions

Rules of Thumb

Squall Tactics

Sailboat Racing with Radar

Course to Steer for Desired CPA

Chapter 12. Radar and the Navigation Rules

Rule 2. Responsibility

Rule 5. Look-Out

Rule 6. Safe Speed

Rule 7. Risk of Collision

Rule 8. Action to Avoid Collision

Rule 19. Conduct of Vessels in Restricted Visibility

The Cockcroft-Lameijer Diagram

Chapter 13. Looking Ahead

PC Radar

Automated Identification System (AIS)

Trends

Performance Monitoring

Appendix

Glossary

List of Abbreviations

References

Index


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