justAflankerFAN Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 Hey guy, I have a question about the 3 rings of SA display screen. Do the rings also correlate with the range-scale ( so in this case, we have a scale of 9 so the 3 ring stand for 3-6-9 ). Or the rings functions only restricted to showing the bearing, compass, and RWR? 2
Napillo Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 The rings are 1/3 the range. If you put your HSD at 30nm and your radar at 40nm, then the rings will match up with the tick marks on the radar. ex: 2nd ring is exactly half the range (20nm) and third ring is 3/4 the range. Same for 60nm hsd + 80nm radar. 1
Napillo Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) Also, regarding the range to the contact, the RWR by itself isn't going to give you the range to the radar ping, it will give you basically just the bearing and a signal strength - based estimate of the range. If you want the RWR ranging, then you need the SPJ powered on and at least in standby, and then you'll get the range to the ping. re: your screenshot - it looks like you don't have datalink turned on. Tune com2 to 199 and change that NE- into NE+ so it becomes NES and you may have to toggle the SLAV/MAST to get it to NES. Edited June 2, 2023 by Napillo added datalink info 1
justAflankerFAN Posted June 2, 2023 Author Posted June 2, 2023 26 minutes ago, Napillo said: The rings are 1/3 the range. If you put your HSD at 30nm and your radar at 40nm, then the rings will match up with the tick marks on the radar. ex: 2nd ring is exactly half the range (20nm) and third ring is 3/4 the range. Same for 60nm hsd + 80nm radar. Thank for the tip! Make it much easier for me to estimate range to contact from looking at the HSD now!
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