Q3ark Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) I’ve been learning the back seat over the past few weeks, I understand that the pulse search mode doesn’t use the zero Doppler filter meaning that you get ground returns. Does that mean that the pulse search mode should also see aircraft that are within 133kts of own aircraft speed? We had a situation where we were sat behind a formation of russion bombers and I couldn’t pick them up on the AWG9 while in pulse search mode. We were at the same altitude and roughly the same speed, we were over the ocean so I didn’t see any ground returns on the scope. Edited January 11, 2022 by Q3ark Added more detail
BreaKKer Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Q3ark said: I’ve been learning the back seat over the past few weeks, I understand that the pulse search mode doesn’t use the zero Doppler filter meaning that you get ground returns. Does that mean that the pulse search mode should also see aircraft that are within 133kts of own aircraft speed? We had a situation where we were sat behind a formation of russion bombers and I couldn’t pick them up on the AWG9 while in pulse search mode. We were at the same altitude and roughly the same speed, we were over the ocean so I didn’t see any ground returns on the scope. There’s no filter in pulse Edited January 11, 2022 by BreaKKer BreaKKer CAG and Commanding Officer of: Carrier Air Wing Five // VF-154 Black Knights
Naquaii Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 As said above, the pulse mode doesn't have any filters like the doppler modes. That's both an advantage and a disadvantage. It's much harder to find stuff in pulse due to less sensitivity and the range is also much less. Don't expect to find the targets at pulse-doppler ranges. That said, pulse is hard to use so keep at it!
BreaKKer Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 I’d recommend messing with the pulse video switch, pulse gain, etc to magnify returns. A contact can be super faint on the DDD in pulse if you don’t adjust your display accordingly 1 BreaKKer CAG and Commanding Officer of: Carrier Air Wing Five // VF-154 Black Knights
Spurts Posted January 12, 2022 Posted January 12, 2022 And the obvious, make sure you are looking at the DDD and not the TID (I've done that).
Q3ark Posted January 12, 2022 Author Posted January 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Spurts said: And the obvious, make sure you are looking at the DDD and not the TID (I've done that). Haha thanks man, I’ll have another crack at it this weekend. Thanks everyone for your help.
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