5.4 Minimum Range
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5.4 Minimum Range

  5.4.1 With own ship at zero speed, an antenna height of 15 m above the sea level and in calm conditions, the navigational buoy in Table 1 should be detected at a minimum horizontal range of 40 m from the antenna position and up to a range of 1 NM, without changing the setting of control functions other than the range scale selector.

  5.4.2 Compensation for any range error should be automatically applied for each selected antenna, where multiple antennas are installed.

Parent topic: 5 Operational Requirements for the Radar System
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