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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down
When there are several rows of ships, it is very hard to isolate the same one. If you end up plotting ship A in row one for one range/bearing and ship B in row 3 for a second range/bearing, the course will be incorrect. If there is a solution to this, I would like to know. The seems to cause me a lot of trouble when the ships are at long range.
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Unfortunately i believe this is something the real captains had to grapple with. With that said, i tend find i can do it. If you have 3 ships in the radar beam and are plotting the middle one, just look for the middle spike next time you do it. Eventually you get a feel for the speed at which the distance changes. You can also figure it out based on the shape of the convoy. I tracked a 5 Ship task force 200nm the other night using the same ship as my point of reference.