5 DISTANCE AND DIRECTION MEASUREMENTS
■Distance measurement
TYPE | DESCRIPTION | |
| Displays fixed rings. | |
RING | Suitable for rough estimations from your | |
| own ship to any target. | |
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| Displays a variable range marker and ac- | |
| tivated by the [Ù Ú] for the range marker | |
VRM1 | selector. | |
| Suitable for accurate measurements from | |
| your own ship to a target. | |
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| Normally functions the same as VRM1. | |
| When the VRM1 and EBL1 selects a tar- | |
VRM2 | get, the center of VRM2 appears at the | |
intersection point. | ||
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| Suitable for accurate measurements from | |
| target to target. | |
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Two measurement procedures are available with this radar. Operating them separately or jointly is possible.
The distance unit, nautical miles (NM) or kilometers (KM) is selected in the FUNCTION menu (p. 6).
DUsing the fixed rings
Ring range readout
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NM C U R S | 014 . 6˚ T | 0.9 0 0 N M | ||
SOG 0 . 0KT | H UP | HDG | ||
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Fixed ring 
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qPush [MENU]/[ 
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wPush [Ú] until the “RING” section becomes high- lighted.
ePush [≈] to select RING function ON and display the fixed ring.
•The interval range appears on the right of the screen range readout.
•The ring range is fixed depending on the screen range. (See below.)
rPush [MENU]/[ 
] several times to exit the menu. t To clear the fixed rings, push [Ω] to select OFF in
step e above.
Range (nm) | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | 3⁄4 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 36 | 48* |
Ring (nm) | 1⁄20 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄10 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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NOTE: When the screen is shifted, the number of rings may differ. *Available for the
DUsing the variable range marker
q Push [EBL1 (VRM1)]/[ 
] to display the VRM1 and EBL1; then, push [Ù Ú] to set the marker.
• The range between the ship and the target is indicated in the VRM readouts.
w Push [EBL2 (VRM2)]/[
] to display the VRM2 and EBL2; then, push [Ù Ú] to set the marker.
• The range between the ship and the target is indicated in the VRM readouts.
• When the VRM1 and EBL1 are displayed, the center of VRM2 appears at the intersection point of the VRM1 and EBL1.
• The VRM2 disappears when [EBL1 (VRM1)] is pushed.
e Push [EBL1 (VRM1)]/[ 
] to exit the menu display.
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