Raymarine CYCLONE - Cyclone Open Array Radar Features

3.1CycloneOpenArrayRadar
TheCycloneOpenArrayRadarisaSolidStateopenarrayradar.Cycloneprovidesamap-like
representationofanextendedareaaroundyourvessel,enablingyoutoidentifybirds,weather,other
vessels,andlandfeaturessuchascoastlinesandhills.
TheCycloneOpenArrayRadarincludesthefollowingfeatures:
•Solid-statetechnology(nomagnetron)forimprovedefficiency,andrapidstart-up.
•Instrumentedrangeupto96Nm(dependentonmodelandinstallationlocation).
•Narrowhorizontalbeamwidthsforenhancedtargetseparation.
•CHIRPpulsecompressionforimprovedtargetrangeresolution,andreducedbackgroundnoise.
•Dopplertargettrackingtechnology.
•Weatherdetection.
•RadarimagedisplayandcontrolviaRaymarinemultifunctiondisplay.
•Real-timeheadingdisplay.
•MARPAfortargettrackingandcollisionavoidance.
•Scannerrotationupto60RPM.
•DataconnectionviaRayNetcable.
•12Vor24Voperation(withVCM100powerconverter)
•WaterprooftoIPX6.
Multipleradarscanners
Y oucanuseamaximumoftworadarscannersatanyonetime,pernetworkedsystem.
Forexample,youcaninstall,andsimultaneouslyuse:
•ACycloneOpenArrayradar,andanotherRaymarineradar(e.g.aQuantumRadome).
•TwoCycloneOpenArrayradars.
Note:Y oucanuseonlyoneQuantumradomeatanyonetime,pernetworkedsystem.
Forimportantinformationonhowtopositionmultipleradarscannerstoavoidinterferencebetween
thescanners,referto:p.35—MultipleRadarscanners—locationrequirements
DopplerRadaroverview
DopplerRadartechnologymakesiteasiertotrackmovingtargetswithsignificantgroundspeed
exceeding3knots.
TypicallyDopplerRadarworksbestwithobjectsthataremovingdirectlytowardsorawayfromthe
vessel.DopplerRadarcanhighlightonlythosetargetsthataremovingrelativetothevessel(e.g.
otherboats,butnotlandorbuoys,forexample).
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