History of RT3 Updates

If your version of any of these components is dated older than the latest note here, then you can install the update, otherwise there is no reason to do so. Note that none of the update files will open nor function unless Radar Trainer 3 has been installed on your computer. The latest release updates all of the items listed below it.


Nov 20, 2003
-- Latest build of the program is now 3.01.007.
-- Added direct link to online help
-- Made targets appear immediately upon setting—in the past they appeared only at the end of the first sweep
-- Allowed for optional digital settings of stored target's range and bearing—in the past the values were captured from last run on the screen.
-- Fixed Set Vessel speed input to allow for decimal speeds.
-- Fixed plot clock so it resets if a new scenario is opened while plot option is running.


July 5, 2002
-- Latest build of the program is now 3.01.004. Includes a major change in the way Course-up display mode works. It had been rather specialized in earlier versions, now it behaves as do all modern radars. It is essentially a North up mode with your present course set to the top of the screen each time you execute the option. For further compatibility with typical new functionality, we have changed the EBL output options to be simply "course" or "relative" for any display mode. The Help file has been updated to account for these changes.


Now all in one.
12/07/01
-- added all previous updates into one installer. This single-update format will replace our previous multi-component format.

Radar Trainer 3 program file
11/18/01
-- see about radar trainer in your main RT3 menu under Help. This latest build is ver 3.0.39
-- improved performance for running at resolutions higher than 1024x768, more important to win2000 systems. (some systems were observing streaks from the land after running for a long time)
-- fixed an isolated ebl display issue (earlier versions had one specific angle at which the ebl would be erased at each sweep
-- reduced the default background noise from "sea clutter" and "gain"

11/02/01
-- decreased the sweep speed to 3 seconds
-- extended SHL to center of display for all graphic settings (some earlier versions missed a small segment near the center of the display)

8/25/01
-- updated for win2000 and corrected a problem that left the center vessel controller always on top in some win2000 systems.
-- fixed Remove Scenarios function, which had previously let users delete files other than scenarios.


Radar Trainer 2a program file
11/02/01
-- implemented 5 targets in set your own targets
-- made default display have range rings on
8/25/01
-- updated for win2000 and corrected a problem that left the True View window always on top in some win2000 systems. If you do not use Win2000, there is no need for this update.

Tutorial
8/26/01
-- added missing links to graphics in Lesson 3.3 and restructured Lesson 4.5 on Finding course for desired CPA. There may still be a few graphics links missing, which we will add as we find them.
-- fixed missing links in Lesson 4.2 on the Relative Motion Diagram
Help
8/25/01
-- added several missing terms to the RT3 Glossary, but there are still a few more to add. In the meantime, the others are all in the Glossary of the Radar Navigation Manual accessible from the Tutorial.