Is there anti-air radar submode on Sidearm to use against airborne radars?

[DmitriKozlowsky]

Probably there isn't. I've been trying to use Sidearm against low threat air-air adversaries. Mig-21 (guns only) and Mainstay AWACS. Not quite there yet. 1/2 time I don't get a lock, after uncage, if I do, missile either misses or explodes to far from radar source.  I am figuring that perhaps I am not placing airborne threat in FOV of Sidearm FOV.

Works fine on land and ship radars, if I survive air defense. Only really works within 5-10 nm against SA-8, SA-6. In my hands anyway. Tonguska always launches before I can lock and launch my Sidearm.

I was figuring, that at least with radar equipped air-air threats with rear aspect missiles (Mig-21, Mig-19), at the merge, when AI gets a radar lock on my AV-8B at 10nm or less, I can fire Sidearm. Either it will kill him or he will break off.

Can't say for certain, I figure theres gotta be a real world submode in advanced air-air missiles to home on emitter.

I can post a track, but I find that when I do, others can't play it, or the recording is nothing like the mission I flew.

[Thanatos31]

there's not.
Sidearms were designed for self defense, not for SEAF/DEAD missions. In RL the entire missile is dead after 10sec as the fuel is used up and with that there's no juice for it to steer or see. 

the way they work in DCS are overpowered ( fun, don't get me wrong, but they're like Mini HAARMs...but they weren't that effective when used in RL) 

[Dragon1-1]

The Sidearm is basically a Sidewinder with a different seeker and fuzing, I don't know if it can lock onto an airborne radar, but it should not be any less effective than a regular Sidewinder if it can.

They guided well enough IRL, the problem is that the warhead is tiny. It works well enough for wrecking the radar antenna, but in DCS, it needs to blow up the entire vehicle in order to be of any use at all. Also, the seeker is pretty dumb, but this doesn't cause problems in DCS because SAM sites don't turn their radar off to spoof anti-radar missiles.

[QuiGon]

If the airborne radar is on a frequency that the Sidearm is looking for, then it sure can target airborne radars IRL. Just like the HARM:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10314/the-time-a-f-4g-wild-weasels-anti-radiation-missile-blew-apart-a-b-52s-tail