CBenson89 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Good Day All, I have just recently started flying with a buddy as a crew. I am the RIO and sometimes it seems like my radar is working and some times it doesnt. I will have the radar set to attack and transmit and I’ll swap around between different modes and it seems like sometimes I can find people on the radar and sometimes I can’t. Does alignment have anything to do with the radar working or not working? I have done full alignments on the carrier and shore with and without the stored heading information. I just flew the cold start mission on vegas and was trying to pick up the few friendly aircraft flying around just to practice radar operation with no success. Are there any pointers that you guys have, is there something simple that you can forget to do that renders the radar useless? Any help would be super appreciated! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonerCat Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Often i'll forget to move the WCS from standby to on :doh: There could also be the radar elevation being wrong. I like to put the target at the top of the TID display in attack mode, and then adjust elevation as needed. Makes it rather easy, as the numbers on the left actually (somewhat) match target's position. Lastly, they could be notching you, which is a whole nother can of worms, but i reccomend looking into it Modules: F-14, F-15C, F-16C, F/A-18C, M-2000C, A-10C, A-10C II, AV-8B N/A, MiG-29, Su-33, MiG-21 Bis, F-5E, P-51D, Ka-50, Mi-8, Sa 342, UH-1H, Combined Arms Maps and others: Persian Gulf, Syria, Normandy, WWII Assets, NS 430 + Mi-8 NS 430 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 There are lots of reasons why you can't pick up contacts, ranging from obvious user erros (forgetting to move the WCS switch from standby to on), all the way to things like wrong elevation setting and notching contacts. It takes a while to figure put how to deal with different situations and what mode works best at a given situation. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 First, make sure your curent radar scan pattern (az, el, bars and width) is actually able to find the contacts. It gets very challenging as the cone volume is getting very small up close. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longiron Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 get learnt on the MLC (main lobe clutter) and more so, how to switch it off to find those targets with low closure. also turn the knobs around the DDD up to max, dont remember names, just crank them all up except "Erase" there are 3 including Erase knob. this is help targets to show much better on DDD while in pulse search, even out to 80-90nm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBenson89 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks so much all! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaTzo Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Love reading threads like this. Using RADAR is a skill. Using it well is a talent. I am (probably better to say was) a SME on the CH-124 Weather RADAR, and have worked on other RADAR systems as well. F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBenson89 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Often i'll forget to move the WCS from standby to on :doh: There could also be the radar elevation being wrong. I like to put the target at the top of the TID display in attack mode, and then adjust elevation as needed. Makes it rather easy, as the numbers on the left actually (somewhat) match target's position. Lastly, they could be notching you, which is a whole nother can of worms, but i reccomend looking into it Radar elevation for me most of the time I just leave centered and I move it up and down as needed. Are friendly forces always detectable on the radar or are NPCs sometimes not detectable? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Radar elevation for me most of the time I just leave centered and I move it up and down as needed. Are friendly forces always detectable on the radar or are NPCs sometimes not detectable? Every aircraft is detectable and you don't know who is who unless IFF, data-linked or visually ID'd. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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