Electronic Navigation
Course 1 - Navigating with GPS
* Navigation Fundamentals
Latitude, Longitude, Datum, Waypoints, Distance & Speed
Courses and Bearings, Maps and Chart
* Global Positioning System
Features, Signal Processing, Dilution of Precisions
GPS Accuracy, Chart Surveys, Differential GP
Satellite Differential GPS
US FAA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
Selecting a GPS Receiver
Intended application, Power Consumption
Multi-Channel, Display Capability, GPS Sensors
* Navigation Techniques
Waypoint and Route Navigation and Selection
Chart Plotter Waypoints
Other Uses for Waypoints, Keeping track of Progress
Alternate approaches
Plotting GPS Positions on Paper
* Other Uses for GPS
Developing Speed Curves
Speed in River and Tidal Currents
Sailboat Tacking, Sail Trim
Compass Heading
Replacing Racing Instruments
Tidal Waters and Leeway
Leeway Due to Wind and Current
Wind, Current and Tide Determination
Use of Velocity Made Good Calculations
* GPS Installation Considerations
Installation Hints
Power Source Connection
Electrical Grounding Considerations
Antenna Installation
* Performance Evaluation (of GPS Receiver)
Interference,
Controls and Indicators
Hand-held Models
Electronic Charts, Autopilots
Operating Manuals, Soft Keys,
Navigation Computers, Precautions
Course 2 - Radar
&Mac183; General Information
&Mac183; System Description
&Mac183; Transmitter
&Mac183; Antenna
&Mac183; Receiver
&Mac183; Display
&Mac183; Power supply
&Mac183; Display Interpretation
&Mac183; Fog, Rain and Sea Returns
&Mac183; Using the Radar Equipment – Operating Range, Plotting,
Obtaining a Fix
&Mac183; Passive radar Reflector
&Mac183; License and Servicing
&Mac183; Advantages of Radar, Limitations of Radar
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Course 3 - Depth Sounders
* Introduction -
Chart Making, The Boater’s View, Seeing the Bottom, Lead Line,
The Hydrophone, the Flasher, Paper Chart Sounders, More Modern Displays, Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD)
&Mac183; Depth Sounders
Fundamentals, Displaying the Results, Generating Signals
Scrolling the Picture
&Mac183; Interpreting the Display
Bottom Signal Interpretation
Thermoclines, Side Lobes, Colour Displays
&Mac183; Controls, Adjustments, Features
Limitation, Minimum / Maximum Depth
Settings and Controls, Units of Measure
Range, AutoRange, Zoom Bar or Shift,
Advanced Signal Processing, Surface Clutter
Alarms (Depth, Zone, Fish)
Windows (Split screen Zoom)
Menus, Chart Cursor, Chart Speed, Battery Backup
Memory, Reverse Scroll, Fish Arches, Icons
Digial Mode / Sonar Mode, Reset, Keel Offset
Speed Calibration, Distance, Water Temperature, Voltage Meter
Downrigger Control
* Technical Features
Specifications and their meanings, Beam Angle
Beam Power, Frequency and Pulse Length,
What is the Best for You?
Resolution
&Mac183; Advanced types of Depth Sounders
Sidescan Sonar, Forward and Side Viewing Sonar
Military Sonar, 3-dimensionsl Sonar
&Mac183; Installing a Depth Sounder
Wiring,
The Transducer, Locating, Mounting Transducer
Painting, Cleaning Transom Mounted Transducers
Dual Units on Sailboats
Loss of Reading When in Reverse
&Mac183; Navigating with the Depth Sounder
&Mac183; Troubleshooting
Noise and Interference, Electromagnetic Radiation
Suppressing Interference
&Mac183; Features for Fishermen
Fish Finders,
How the Sounder Displays a Fish
Dead Zone
Portable fish Finders, Your Fishing Hole,
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