Page 3rd Cover: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (January 1981)

FULLY AUTOMATIC RADAR PLOTTING AID

More than 325

DIGIPLOTs are at sea totalling over 1500 ship years of experience.

Merchant Officers have sailed with more

DIGIPLOTs than any other ARPA!

Today's DIGIPLOT incorporates over ten years of evolutionary development and continuous improvement derived from extensive use at sea. Nothing has been spared to make the best ARPA available in today's market.

Unique DIGIPLOT features: • OPERATES WITH ANY MANUFACTURER'S

MARINE RADAR - eliminates the cost of replac- ing radars. • FULLY AUTOMATIC 'HANDS OFF' TARGET

ACQUISITION - eliminates operational limita- tions of fixed and variable Guard Rings. • TRACKS AND DISPLAYS UP TO 60 TARGETS

SIMULTANEOUSLY - Target capacity depends ing on model selected. • SYSTEM CAN BE USED IN CONFINED

WATERS - target acquisition, tracking, and plot- ting accuracy not affected by "number of echoes on the same bearing." • BRIGHT TWO-COLOR PPI DISPLAY - elimi- nates confusion between radar echoes and vectors. • PROVIDES A BACK UP RADAR DISPLAY - increases radar availability and operational safety. • SIMPLE TO OPERATE - dedicated radar type controls greatly reduce operator training re- quirements. • COMPUTER CONTROLLED CLUTTER

REJECTION - for target tracking at close range. • SUPERIOR NOISE REJECTION - three pulse correlated quantized video.

COMPLETELY TIME VARIABLE TRUE AND

RELATIVE VECTORS - allow easy determina- tion of points of possible collision.

CONTINUOUS DIGITAL TARGET DATA

READOUT - no interruptions due to own ship or target maneuvers.

STATIC AND DYNAMIC TRIAL MANEUVER

CAPABILITY - including own ship's maneuver- ing characteristics.

AUTO-POSITIONING NAVIGATION MARK continously indicates own ship in relation to a "marked" geographic position for man overboard and set and drift determination when piloting.

BUILT-IN' TRAINING DISPLAY - for easy on-board operator training.

OPTIONAL NAV-LINES FOR ANTISTRAND-

ING - simple, operator controlled, pre-planned parallel index navigation lines. 2 YEAR GUARANTEE - covers all parts for two years, labor for one year.

EXPANDS TO A FUEL SAVING IN-

TEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEM - with the addi- tion of DIGIPILOT fully adaptive autopilot and

DIGINAV fully automatic navigation system.

Should the Shipowner Buy Anything Less? iotron SYSTEMS DESIGNED FOR SAILORS

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