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head-up A radar display mode wherein the present heading of the vessel remains at the top of the radar screen regardless of your actual heading, and it is labeled 000. In this mode, bearings around the edge of the radar screen are marked in relative bearing units. This is the most basic and most common type of radar display used on small-craft radars. See also stabilized radar. Abbreviation:  HU

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