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    A plan position indicator (PPI) is a type of radar display that represents the radar antenna in the center of the display, with the distance from it and...
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    The constant altitude plan position indicator, better known as CAPPI, is a radar display which gives a horizontal cross-section of data at constant altitude...
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    one angle at a time, the first way of displaying it has been the Plan Position Indicator (PPI) which is only the layout of radar return on a two dimensional...
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    the "real world". These displays are also referred to as a Range-Height Indicator, or RHI, but were also commonly referred to (confusingly) as a B-scope...
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    this reduced range it was rarely used. The P-12 used two indicators, a plan position indicator in addition to an E-scope to indicate height, the P-12 could...
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    frequencies and the first surface-search radar to be equipped with a plan position indicator (PPI), the ancestor of virtually all modern radar displays. The...
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    set up to combine the magnetron with a new scanning antenna and plan position indicator display. The prototype's first use in April confirmed that a map...
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    contact accurately, giving the set a vast expansion to include future positions, given unchanged relative courses and relative speeds. A CIC in a naval...
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  • lubber's line, is a fixed line on the binnacle of a compass, or a plan position indicator radar display, pointing towards the front of the ship or aircraft...
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  • indicate the bearing to a navigational hazard when viewed on a radar plan position indicator (PPI) display. Some ramarks transmit a unique set of Morse characters...
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  • Plan Position Indicator. Users have a pointing device with several buttons that provides access to the track file through the Plan Position Indicator...
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  • range up to 30 miles. This was the first Royal Navy radar with a plan-position indicator. Further development led to the Type 277 radar, with almost 100...
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    ability to display collision assessment information directly on the Plan Position Indicator (PPI), using vectors (true or relative) or a graphical Predicted...
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    historically important as the first radar system to feature a plan position indicator display, or "PPI". In Germany this type of display was referred...
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    directors with integrated gyro gun-sight lead-angle calculators. A Plan Position Indicator (PPI) display was used to keep track of ships and enabled a multi-carrier...
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  • international, in railways Picks per inch, a unit of textile measurement Plan position indicator, radar display Polymethylene polyphenylene isocyanate Italian People's...
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  • "Blip" refers to the dots drawn on early warning radars based on plan position indicator (PPI) displays. A "scan" is a single search of the entire sky made...
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    can occur at any time of the day or year). Preparing a family emergency plan, for example, can save valuable time if a storm arises quickly and unexpectedly...
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    a more powerful 70 kW magnetron for greater range and added a plan position indicator (PPI) display which eased the task of arranging interceptions....
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    hundreds of times a second. These would be plotted on the radar's plan position indicator, filling it with so many "blips" that the bomber was invisible...
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    who proposed a new, more accurate ground control display, the Plan Position Indicator (PPI), a new Ground-Controlled Interception (GCI) radar, and reliable...
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    equipment such as the radio compass receiver, compass indicator, or the radar plan position indicator. All of these require users to obtain certain knowledge...
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    becoming Australia's expert on the detection of aircraft using Plan Position Indicator (PPI) displays. After the war, in 1948, she published a comprehensive...
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    character radiating away from the location of the beacon on the normal plan position indicator radar display. The length of the line usually corresponds to the...
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    waveguide between the radar transceiver and the antenna. In a typical plan position indicator (PPI) radar with a rotating antenna, this will usually be seen...
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    the support and bearing systems. Making a display system, the "Plan Position Indicator" (PPI), that displayed a 360 degree pattern proved surprisingly...
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    fitted with power rotation, at 2 or 4 rpm, and equipped with a plan position indicator. After the end of the war, the Type 281 was replaced by the Type...
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    variation that does not display data in terms of polar coordinate. Plan position indicator Plot (graphics) Polar area diagram Parallel coordinates Radial...
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    featured a redesigned radar scope in the rear cockpit that offered a plan position indicator (PPI) mapping display option, and adjustable range strobe for bombing...
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  • waveguide between the radar transceiver and the antenna. In a typical plan position indicator (PPI) radar with a rotating antenna, this will usually be seen...
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