Raymarine A65 - Page 143

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ItemDescription
1Mainlobe
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Sidelobes
3Antenna
4Arc
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Trueecho
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Sideechoes
IndirectEchoes
Thereareseveraltypesofindirectechoesorghostimages.These
sometimeshavetheappearanceoftrueechoes,butingeneralthey
areintermittentandpoorlydened.
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1Falseecho
2Trueecho
3Passingship
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Mastorfunnel
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Trueecho
6Falseecho
MultipleEchoes
Multipleechoesarenotverycommonbutcanoccurifthereisalarge
targetwithawideverticalsurfaceatacomparativelyshortrange.
Thetransmittedsignalwillbereectedbackandforthbetweenthe
targetandyourownship,resultinginmultipleechoes,displayed
beyondtherangeofthetruetargetecho,butonthesamebearing.
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1Trueecho
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BlindSectors
Obstructionssuchasfunnelsandmastsneartheradarantenna
mayobstructtheradarbeamandcauseradarshadowsor‘blind
sectors’.Iftheobstructionisrelativelynarrow,therewillbea
reductionofthebeamintensity,thoughnotnecessarilyacomplete
cut-off.However,forwiderobstructionstheremaybeatotallossof
signalintheshadowarea.Theremayalsobemultipleechoeswhich
extendbehindtheobstruction.Blindsectoreffectscannormallybe
minimizedbycarefulselectionofthescannersitepriortoinstallation.
RainorSnowClutter
Theradarcanseeechoesfromrainorsnow.Returnsfromstorm
areasandrainsquallsconsistofcountlesssmallechoesthat
continuouslychangesize,intensityandposition.Thesereturns
sometimesappearaslargehazyareas,dependingontheintensity
oftherainfallorsnowinthestormcell.Theimagesinthetable
belowshowhowtheRaincontrolcanclearupthisclutter:
Rain
clutteroff
Rain
clutteron
SeaClutter
Radarreturnsfromwavesaroundthevesselcanclutterthecentre
oftheradarpicture,makingitdifculttodetectrealtargets.Such
‘seaclutter’usuallyappearsasmultipleechoesonthedisplayat
shortrangescales,andtheechoesarenotrepetitiveorconsistent
inposition.Withhighwindsandextremeconditions,echoesfrom
seacluttermaycausedensebackgroundclutterintheshapeof
analmostsoliddisc.Seacluttercanbesuppressedusingthesea
cluttersettings.Theimagesinthetablebelowshowhowthesea
cluttersettingscanclearupsomeofthisclutter:
Usingradar
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