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Alarm for New Target Acquired in Automatic Acquisition Guard Zone 
 
Status 
Symbol on 
display 
Alert 
characters 
Alarm sound  Conditions 
New target in 
automatic 
acquisition 
guard zone 
 
 
Red Blinkin
 
New 
Target 
Beep sound 
(beep-beep) 
Alarm 
acknowledgeable   
The alarm is issued when a 
new target is acquired in the 
automatic acquisition guard 
zone. 
 
Note 
When an already acquired target goes into automatic acquisition guard zone, the alarm for the 
new target acquired in automatic acquisition guard zone does not sound. 
 
 
6.7.3  Lost target notification (Lost) 
Note 
If the gain, sea clutter suppression, rain/snow clutter suppression are not adjusted adequately, the 
lost target notification may be easily generated. So, such adjustments should be very carefully. 
 
When it is impossible to continue tracking any acquired and tracked target, or the data of AIS target 
cannot received for a specified time, the [Lost] notification will be issued. The typical causes for alarm 
are shown below:   
•  The target echo is very weak. 
•  The target is hidden by a shore or a large ship and its echo is not received. 
•  The target echo is blurred by sea clutter or rain/snow clutter. 
If a target under tracking goes into a range over 32 NM and can no longer be tracked, it is canceled 
without a lost target notification being issued.   
 
Lost Target Notification 
 
Status 
Symbol on 
display 
Alert 
characters 
Alarm sound  Conditions 
Lost target 
 
 
Red Blinkin
 
 
Lost 
 
Beep sound 
(beep-beep) 
notification 
acknowledgeable 
The notification will sound 
once when a lost target 
symbol is displayed. 
 
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