450Devil Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 While in surface radar mode there are radar returns from ships but the returns are much less bright on the radar screen than they would be IRL. Carriers and large merchant ships should paint very bright as they are massive structures that return significant radar energy. Modern radars automatically filter out background clutter such as from sea waves and are designed to enhance radar returns from objects such as ships. The radar cross section of a carrier is massively huge compared to a aircraft yet A2A returns paint bright on the radar scope and A2G returns paint so dim that they are very hard to identify even at very short ranges.
fitness88 Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 There is also sea mode, I think a sub-menu of A/G that is used for ships.
450Devil Posted June 6, 2020 Author Posted June 6, 2020 Not sure about sea mode but I managed to improve the radar return from ships by clicking on the data button and then increasing the gain (GN) to the maximum of 9.
fitness88 Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Not sure about sea mode but I managed to improve the radar return from ships by clicking on the data button and then increasing the gain (GN) to the maximum of 9. Neither sea mode or ground moving targets [gmt] mode implemented yet. Edited June 6, 2020 by fitness88
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