JSOW Alignment in Air Start

[Raisuli]

Pretty sure this is a meatware bug, but when I air start and hit the JSOW they start to align.  Sometimes it will get to about 7:something and the alignment notification goes away, but the  HUD still shows alignment is bad.  If I re-select JSOW the alignment starts from the beginning, then ends abruptly.

Quit, restart mission, JSOWs align normally.

I can't find much about the alignment deciding my mission is hopeless (it is) and giving up on some iterations, but not others. 

Is this a DCS thing or a me thing?  If it's a DCS thing then I won't worry about it.  If that's up in the air I'll create a few track files and get those posted.

[Gremlin17]

are you sure you are master arm on, within range, or in a-g mode? these things are common issues.

[Raisuli]

48 minutes ago, Gremlin17 said:

are you sure you are master arm on, within range, or in a-g mode? these things are common issues.

Well, certainly not within range.  AG and master arm on, yes.  As far as I know (which means I'm probably wrong) I had the switches set the same for every attempt, but sometimes it aligns and sometimes it doesn't.  Now that you've said that I'm going to test it 

I really don't want to orbit over my target area while the bombs align.  You know, draw pictures in the sky, get on the guard channel and ask the local air defense to hold fire until I'm ready...

[Tholozor]

Depending on the design of the weapon, the GPS receiver may not have a clear LOS for the satellites while under the wing. So while the weapon's internal alignment may be finished, it may not have a good GPS signal. Try and make some maneuvers, that might give it a signal.