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Jaystew · 06-19-14, 01:20 PM

Looks to me you are doing it exactly right. If your contact is heading 045 you determined the course how?

360
359
358
357

What was your heading originally? My guess would be you were heading between 270 and 360. The reason I say this is because this is the only angle of approach where the contact heads 045 but the angles begin to spread to the left, and only if you are moving faster than the target, say 6-10 knots.

What was your heading originally when the contact was at apparent bearing 360?

06-19-14, 01:20 PM	#25
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Looks to me you are doing it exactly right. If your contact is heading 045 you determined the course how? 360 359 358 357 What was your heading originally? My guess would be you were heading between 270 and 360. The reason I say this is because this is the only angle of approach where the contact heads 045 but the angles begin to spread to the left, and only if you are moving faster than the target, say 6-10 knots. What was your heading originally when the contact was at apparent bearing 360?