So I was using the SLAM today and well it's not quite as good as I would of hoped. I had a real hard time making anything out from the data link connection and it just was kind of a mess. I was attacking a SAM and fired within the weapon rage and turned cold, set the D/L pod antenna to rear and waited for the SLAM to enable. When it did it was a static mess and was approx 30 miles from my plane (28k feet). I was on the correct channel, is this weapon just severely hampered by the need for the D/L pod?