How To Measure Range And Bearing Between Two Targets - Furuno FAR-1416 Operator's Manual

6. Close the menu.
1.34 How to Measure Range and Bearing Between
Two Targets
Range and bearing between two targets can be measured using the EBL and VRM
functions.
Range Marker
310
300
No.1
290
EBL
280
270
EBL
260
origin
250
240
230
> 45.0 ° R<
EBL1
125.2 ° R
EBL2
How to measure range and bearing
This procedure uses [EBL1] and [VRM1] as an example.
1. Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key when cursor is not shown on the screen.
2. Press the EBL key to activate EBL1.
3. Press the EBL OFFSET key to activate EBL offset function.
4. Move the cursor onto the target 1, then press the EBL OFFSET key.
EBL1 moves to the cursor.
5. Rotate the EBL key until the EBL line passes through target 2.
6. Rotate the VRM key until the range marker on the inside edge of target 2.
Read the EBL1 value and VRM1 value at the bottom on the screen.
7. You can repeat the same procedure on target 3 and target 4 of the above example
by using the No. 2 EBL and the No. 2 VRM.
Bearing is shown relative to own ship with suffix "R" or as a true bearing with suffix "T"
depending on EBL relative/true settings in the [EBL/VRM] menu.
000
350 010
020
340
330 030
320
040
Target 2
Target 4
R2
Target 1
Target 3
220 140
210 150
200
160
VRM1
190
170
180
VRM2
No. 2 EBL
Range
050
Marker
060
070
080
090
100
110
120
130
Range/bearing between targets 1 and 2
>0.50NM<
0.98NM
Range/bearing between targets 3 and 4
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