MrTInc71 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Hi. Radar is soi, moving the radar cursor over a target with the amraam. Unable to lock it with the key bindings in RWR or TWS mode. What’s wrong??? Frustrating... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVS-Viper Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Use TMS up to lock the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTInc71 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Use TMS up to lock the target. That’s activating the SAM mode but not locking targets in RWS or TWS...?!? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTInc71 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) Unable to lock radar a2a target Use TMS up to lock the target. Sorted. Thanks. Edited January 16, 2020 by MrTInc71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johand Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Hi, I have the same problem moving the radar cursor over a target ;pressing TMS up to lock it . But nothing happens. How did you solved it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakarian Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 If you haven't found the target with your own radar and are trying to lock up a target that's provided to you by datalink, that won't work. Make sure the target you are trying to lock has that little square, that means your own radar is seeing it and you can lock it up then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johand Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hi Vakarian, I use the amraam120C,slave mode,CRM and TWS mode (also tried RWS) No litte square is appearing even if they are as close as 10 miles . I see the red icons on the left MFD of the targets . So I am missing something here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakarian Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Yes, you need to adjust your radar elevation so that radar can find the target 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Not sure if it's bug or the way it is but I find the radar to be much more reliable if I use 10' Azimuth. I actually don't see the need to use 30' or 60' in most cases since datalink is tracking them and I just need my radar to point and lock. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasA Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 vor 14 Stunden schrieb Taz1004: Not sure if it's bug or the way it is but I find the radar to be much more reliable if I use 10' Azimuth. I actually don't see the need to use 30' or 60' in most cases since datalink is tracking them and I just need my radar to point and lock. If you use 10' Azimuth, the scan frequency is three times higher than on 30', because you scan a smaller area. So you get faster results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, TobiasA said: If you use 10' Azimuth, the scan frequency is three times higher than on 30', because you scan a smaller area. So you get faster results. Obviously... but I wasn't talking about speed of the search. At 30 or 60, some targets just wouldn't show up "at all" on my radar even when I'm pointing right at it and wait for complete cycles. But it shows up with 10'. As if the radar "power" gets stronger with narrow azimuth. Edited January 31, 2021 by Taz1004 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasA Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 vor 2 Stunden schrieb Taz1004: Obviously... but I wasn't talking about speed of the search. At 30 or 60, some targets just wouldn't show up "at all" on my radar even when I'm pointing right at it and wait for complete cycles. But it shows up with 10'. As if the radar "power" gets stronger with narrow azimuth. As far as I understand it a higher scan frequency results in less lost tracks if the target maneuvers (The publically available F-16 MLU M1 manual mentions that TWS is more likely to lose track if the target maneuvers than RWS). It seems that if the radar does not "find" a track again it had extrapolated because it changed direction in the meanwhile, it might lose that contact. Bad thing is that we don't have the spotlight search with TMS up without a target underneath the cursor because it is not implemented yet. It seems to be made for exactly that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johand Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Vakarian, You made my day. After changing the antenna elevation I was able to finally lock my first target on the left MFD. Many thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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