RADAR AND PLOTTING

RADAR OBSERVATION
AND PLOTTING D
VE
IO WA TED BY
S , LIKE
RT RA LEC
SH O D EF
A R I SA S , A RE E I R WAY
RAD WAV E IN T H
ST I C O M E
ACOU TS THAT C
C
OBJE

THE WORD RADA

R IS BELIEVED TO
BEEN DERIVED F HAS
ROM THE PHRAS
RADIO DETECTIO E
N AND RANGING
ONBOARD A SHIP THE RADAR HAS
TWO MAIN TASKS
C O L LI SIONS,
PR E VE NT THE G AND
N AI D TO EE I N F O
F UNC T ION AS A D A R O NE CAN S
• TO HELP OF RA
TH E
AS WITH
S
DARKNES

• TO A
SSI ST I N
WHEN N TH
AVEGATI E NAVEGATION,
ARCHIPE NG I N C SUCH AS
LAGOS OASTAL WA
T ER O R
 RADIO WAVE

W A V ES ARE ES
RADIO ET I C WAV
RO MA GN T ROU GHS
ELECT C R ES T AND
S IS T OF
CO N
WAVES O
FT
BETWEEN HE LENGHT
0.1-30000
mm

H T I S THE
A V E LENG N T WO
TH E W W E E
NC E BET T S OF
I S TA R ES
D
E S S IVE C
SUCC WAVES
 RADAR ANTENNAS

S T H E RADIO
T RA NSMI T
R A N T E NN A
RAT ED BEAM
DA CENT
THE RA I N A C O N
WAVES

A MOTOR
TURNS T
THE SIGNALS, RETURN VIA ANTENNA HE ANTEN
ROTATION NA
ARE CONVERTED IN LOWER FREQUENCY S
SIGNALS, WHICH ARE AMPLIFIED
PARA
BOLI
C TYPE

T Y PE
UI DE
AV EG
ED W
LO TT
S
 RADAR COMPONENT

IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATOR TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS

ABOUT EACH RADAR COMPONENT. A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
RADAR WORK, ITS CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS
RADAR SCAN

E G RE ES
T E 360 D NNA
M P LE N T E
O EA
ONE C ION OF TH
T
ROTA

RADAR SWEEP
TRAN
SMIS
SION
PULS OF ONE
E ON RAD
LY AR
VERY IMPORTANT
RADAR RANGE
RANGE DISCRIMINATION
SETTING UP RADAR
DISPLAY
CHOICE OF RADAR PRESENTATION
MEASUREMENT OF RANGE
PLOTTING
TARGET ASPECT

RELATIVE SPEED
PLOTTING PRINCIPLES
RELATIVE/ TRUE PLOTTING
ELECTRONIC PLOTTING
COLLISION DANGEROUS
INTERPRETATION OF THE RADAR
PICTURE
LANDFALL NAVIGATION

COASTAL NAVIGATION

PILOTAGE
THE END