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Radar/Chart Radar User Guide Sensor Management
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Primary Sensors on Radar Systems
The following is a list of primary sensors applicable to a Radar system:

True Heading

Speed Through Water

Position

Course Over Ground

Speed Over Ground

Magnetic Heading

Time

Date and Time

Depth Below Keel

Depth Below Transducer

Depth Below Waterline
If a primary sensor becomes unusable an alert is generated. The type of
alert generated is dependent on the current selection of sensor, and other
sub systems in use on the VMFT. For details on alert behaviour for primary
sensors on radar systems refer `
Alert Behaviour specific to Radar ’ in
Chapter 7 `Alerts’.
For a list of primary sensors on an ECDIS refer to `Primary Sensors on
ECDIS Systems’ in Chapter 9 `Sensor Management’ ECDIS User Guide,
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