B737 Classics.....Wx Radar Techniques
Hi All,
Im being trained for P1 on the 737 Classics. So i do spend a lot of time sitting at home and thinking how it'll be, trying to track storms brewing up at 35000 feet in the nightskys.
I have been handed down a few pointers on Wx Radars over the years by my mates, would love you guys to pitch in a few as well. And also tell me if you guys do follow the following stuff or not.....
1) Instead of Calibrated, select gain to -3 and stay off all yellow and reds (a bit tooooo conservative i feel)
2) above FL250, circumnavigate a CB cell by more than 25 NMs.
3) at a high cruise lvl...reduce the tilt angle of the radar, till you observe ground echo at about 80-90 NMs ahead...thats the tilt angle one would like to keep at that level...or maybe just above that angle.
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cheers.
young_turk