Functioning Chain Home stations and expansion of the system

[Maffers]

I'm really loving the Channel map and am in the process of creating a base map including all of the English HAAB sites, to be used as a template for creating missions. In my research I have found that there are many Chain Home stations missing from the map. The ones that are there look fantastic, I hope there is a plan to add the missing ones over time. I saw there is another thread about this, so won't list them here.

 

My main concern is that the ones we have are non-functional, I can't see any information as to whether they will be brought online during the early access period or if they are just intended to be pretty, but non-functioning decorations.

 

I'm planning a multiplayer mission where the Red team can spawn one of a selection of bomber formations to escort, all of which will start from different locations and hit different targets. The Blue team will have to find the formation and protect their assets from destruction. This will only really be possible if there is a functioning EW system in place.

[Northstar98]

+1 Absolutely :thumbup:

 

There's also the Chain Home Low stations as well, which have a more conventional rotating antenna.

 

• Fairlight - can't seem to find any site information online, apart from 'north of Fairlight Road' though can't see anything, south of Fairlight Road however is a Coast Guard RADAR station at N50°52'14", E000°38'38.03"
  
• Foreness - again information seems sparse, which is just to the north of Manston.
  
• Whistable - this is just to the west of the Forneness, not sure exactly where it was, but I reckon it was around N52°20'42", E001°01'01" and the only image I found (via Facebook) is this:
   
  
  

Edited June 13, 2020 by Northstar98

[Olddog]

This is working on the Channel Map and OB.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=192550&highlight=chain

[Northstar98]

This is working on the Channel Map and OB.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=192550&highlight=chain

 

It is a mod though, the RADAR sites really deserve to be something integral. Though it seems like a fair bit of work to get it working properly and out of the box.

[SUNTSAG]

Yes it's a mod and you seem to have a downer on mods...... Each to there own I guess and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

The reality is we produced this a long time before the introduction of the Channel Map to fill a gap in the sim. That's what we do, until ED has time to get around to filling the gap themselves.

 

I have been working on a further temp measure for the Channel map, now that we have physical sites. I guess it's an added dimension that some will hopefully enjoy, until ED have time to put these elements into place. Cheers.

[Northstar98]

Yes it's a mod and you seem to have a downer on mods...... Each to there own I guess and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

Oh no, not at all, I meant no disrespect, and I'm happy that you're around when DCS sometimes doesn't quite deliver on some things. I'm just saying that this ideally should be a feature of the base client.

 

It's just one thing that's kinda bugged me about the Caucasus map; the P-37 and DRL-7 are graphically, some of the best looking RADARs in DCS, basically bar none. However, while animated, they're completely non-functional eye-candy. This is a royal shame considering that in terms of EWRs, we only have 1 other that's more-or-less up to scratch graphically speaking (the P-19), which is kind of a shocker if you think about it.

 

I simply don't want the Channel Map to be a repetition of this, having RADARs that are just wholly non-functional eye-candy, when they should be implemented.

Edited June 14, 2020 by Northstar98