🔍 Key Concepts

• Radar timing circuits and their role in pulse radar systems • Relationship between transmitter pulses, range measurement, and the sweep on the display • Difference between system timing/synchronizing functions and display orientation/sea clutter controls

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: In a pulse radar, what must be precisely timed for the range scale and echoes to appear in the correct place on the screen? • Which of the options sounds like an internal electronic function that coordinates when things happen, rather than an operator adjustment or display choice? • Which choices describe user-controlled features (like clutter controls or presentation mode) rather than built‑in radar timing functions?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which options clearly refer to operator controls (things you turn or select on the panel). • Identify which options refer to internal synchronizing pulses that coordinate when parts of the radar system operate. • Confirm that the function of timing circuits is about when events occur in the radar, not about how the picture is oriented or clutter is reduced.