VEGA VEGAPULS 63 Ship-building User Manual
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3 Mounting on a chemical tanker (free radiating)
VEGAPULS 63 • Cargo tank
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Fig. 23: Orientation: There must be no heating coils in the centre of the radar
beam
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2 Radar beam
3 Heating coils
Note:
Additional false echoes can result if the mounts of the heating coils
are within the range of the radar beam. In such case, direct the radar
beam to a spot without mounts.
The emitted radar impulses are electromagnetic waves. The polarisa-
tion plane is the direction of the electrical component of the waves. By
rotating the instrument by 90°, the polarisation can be used to reduce
Orientation
Polarisation
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