Focused Sonar Topic Live Webinar Series
Titles and Broadcast Times Updated Regularly
These one hour webinars focus on a specific topic, hitting on the difficulties most commonly encountered by Search & Recovery professionals. They are presented by sonar subject matter expert Vince Capone who has been operating side scan sonar systems for over 30 years and is considered a side scan sonar expert by the US Navy and the US Federal Court system. Vince currently trains US Navy UUV operators as well as Law Enforcement and Fire Rescue personnel.
Tune Your SAR Sonar Like a Pro (1 Credit Hr)
Learn how to optimize your sonar image based upon the target, frequency and bottom type.
- How should your image look?
- What are Sensitivity, TVG and Contrast?
- Become the expert on how to best adjust these variables and, importantly, in which order.
A 1-hour live webinar, designed for the Search and Recovery (SAR) professional who utilizes side scan sonar on hull mounted systems such as Humminbird, Garmin, Simrad or Ray Marine to locate a range of targets. Presented by sonar subject matter expert Vince Capone who has been operating side scan sonar systems for over 30 years and is considered a side scan sonar expert by the US Navy and the US Federal Court system. Vince currently trains US Navy UUV operators as well as Law Enforcement and Fire Rescue personnel.
Registration is limited to 30 participants in order to allow participants to ask questions.
Digital certificates confirming one hour of training will be provided for each registrant.
May 5th, 12:30 pm EDT CLOSED
May 14th, 3:30 pm EDT CLOSED
May 27th, 7:00 pm EDT CLOSED
Recognizing Drowning Victims in Side Scan Sonar for SAR Professionals (1 Credit Hr)
What does a drowning victim look like on sonar?
- Strategies for identifying victims under difficult conditions
- Tips on how to make your training manikin look more like a drowning victim
- Includes over a dozen drowning victim sonar images as well as images of training manikins
A 1-hour live webinar, designed for the Search and Recovery (SAR) professional who utilizes side scan sonar for locating drowning victims with special emphasis on hull mounted systems such as Humminbird, Garmin, Simrad or Ray Marine.
Registration is limited in order to allow participants to ask questions.
Digital certificates confirming one hour of training will be provided for each registrant.
April 29th, 11am EDT CLOSED
May 7th, 2 pm EDT CLOSED
May 12th, 7:30 pm EDT CLOSED
May 21st, 3:30 pm EDT CLOSED
Side Scan/Side Imaging Sonars – What Am I Really Looking At?
Understand how the sonar actually presents data so you can identify targets with confidence. Concepts are explained with animations and dozens of sonar images. Topics include the side scan display, gap under the transducer, data from the water column, when to use down imaging and much more.
A 1-hour live webinar, designed for the Search and Recovery (SAR) professional or fishing enthusiast who utilizes hull mounted sonar systems such as Humminbird, Garmin, Simrad or Ray Marine.
April 27th, 2pm EDT CLOSED
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