Boltek Lightning/2000 - Manual (Page 169)

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encompass the area not included in the first three sectors.
These limitations are calculated automatically. There is no
need for you to ensure that there are no “gaps” in the angular
coverage of the different range scales for the different sectors.
The circle to the right of the start and end bearing boxes
indicates the area of the circle that the sector encompasses.
The left side of the graph indicates how far away you want a
storm to be drawn. This should be the storm’s actual distance
from you. The bottom of the graph indicates how far away
the storm is initially plotted. By leaving the line on the graph
as a straight diagonal line, you are telling Lightning/2000 to
not alter the distance at which storms are plotted.
By default, all storms will be plotted at the range that
Lightning/2000 initially calculates for them. To change how
far away a storm is plotted, click and drag one of the squares
to a different position. While dragging the square, you can
look at the status line at the bottom of the main window to
get an idea of how far away a storm will be plotted.
By dragging one or more of the squares, you can define
exactly how far away a storm will be plotted. If you really
wanted to, you could (for example) cause every storm to be
drawn at the same distance, though this would obviously limit
the usefulness of the Real-time Lightning display.
You won’t be able to drag any individual square to a position
that is above the next square on the line, or below the
previous square on the line.
To reset the range scale for any particular sector to its default
value, go to the desired sector by clicking on its tab and click
the “Reset” button on the right.
Range scaling should be used only after you have had a
chance to observe the behavior of Lightning/2000 during a
few storms. There are times when a storm will appear to be
ranged too closely or too far away for a brief time. This can