7 Plotting
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.64(67) - Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards - (Adopted on 4 December 1996) - Annex 4 - Recommendation on Performance Standards for Radar Equipment. LR Note: See also MSC.192(79) - 7 Plotting

7 Plotting

 Plotting facilities should be provided with the radar as follows:

  • 7.1 Ships which are fitted with an electronic plotting aid should be fitted with an "electronic plotting aid" for manual direct plotting as defined in Appendix 2.

  • 7.2 Ships which are fitted with an Auto Tracking Aid should be fitted with an "Auto Tracking Aid" as defined in Appendix 1.

  • 7.3 Ships which are fitted with an Automatic Radar Plotting Aid should be fitted with ARPA with a minimum effective diameter of 250 mm as defined in resolution A.823(19). The second radar should be fitted with at least an "Auto Tracking Aid".

  • 7.4 Ships of 10,000 gross tonnage and more should be fitted with ARPAs with a minimum effective diameter of 340 mm as defined in resolution A.823(19)

  • 7.5 It should be possible to display the trails of radar echoes of targets in the form of synthetic afterglow. The trails may be either relative or true. The true trails may be sea or ground stabilised. The trails should be distinguishable from the targets.

Parent topic: Annex 4 - Recommendation on Performance Standards for Radar Equipment. LR Note: See also MSC.192(79)
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