AWG-9 RADAR SEARCH MODES GRAPHIC

[SOLIDKREATE]

Hey for those who are new like me. I think this will help you understand the search modes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 07:34 AM by SOLIDKREATE

[Ivandrov]

Eh, I find this to be kind of confusing. What's with the numbered -21 flying through the search areas?

The way it's labeled makes it seem like bars are your azimuth. TWS is shown as if it doesn't have a +-40 mode, which it does.

STT is shown only in its pulse mode and as a search mode with an azimuth which is not correct.

I don't really know what the VSL graphic is supposed to be showing. It doesn't really explain how it works at all.

You are also missing PAL and Supersearch.

Edited Sunday at 02:29 PM by Ivandrov

[RustBelt]

What source is this? Those are some handy pictures. 

[wwWolfcom]

14 hours ago, Ivandrov said:

Eh, I find this to be kind of confusing. What's with the numbered -21 flying through the search areas?

The way it's labeled makes it seem like bars are your azimuth. TWS is shown as if it doesn't have a +-40 mode, which it does.

STT is shown only in its pulse mode and as a search mode with an azimuth which is not correct.

I don't really know what the VSL graphic is supposed to be showing. It doesn't really explain how it works at all.

You are also missing PAL and Supersearch.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/s/XvHtBXnooF

He just forgot some description/figures.

It is taken from book 「The great book of modern airplanes」

 

PAL was introduced later, maybe book author didnt have info at that time.

Edited Monday at 04:27 AM by wwWolfcom

[DD_Fenrir]

3 hours ago, RustBelt said:

What source is this? Those are some handy pictures. 

My Father and his graphic design business partner drew these originally for the book “Modern Fighting Aircraft: F-14” published by Salamander.

[DD_Fenrir]

For clarity here are the originals with further details and annotations that explain some of the shown information, including a representation of the DDD showing how  the MiG-21 referenced bricks should appear:

Edited Monday at 01:05 PM by DD_Fenrir

[RustBelt]

Bought from AbeBooks. Still a few copies used there.

[WarthogOsl]

Fwiw, most of these graphics appeared, in their original form, in James Perry Stevenson's "F-14 Tomcat," from around 1975.

[Ivandrov]

We've had three different books mentioned as the original source for these diagrams, which one is it?

Edited yesterday at 02:28 PM by Ivandrov

[DD_Fenrir]

2 hours ago, Ivandrov said:

We've had three different books mentioned as the original source for these diagrams, which one is it?

The book my Father’s work is in was published in 1985.

Given that he is not an expert in radar systems or avionics, I suspect the Stevenson book material was used as reference and redrawn.

Salamander produced a large variety of military aviation books during the 80’s; it would not surprise me that these drawings would be leveraged across other tomes, or sold to other publishers for use.

[SOLIDKREATE]

On 6/1/2025 at 9:17 PM, wwWolfcom said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/s/XvHtBXnooF

He just forgot some description/figures.

It is taken from book 「The great book of modern airplanes」

 

PAL was introduced later, maybe book author didnt have info at that time.

 

I actually puased the screen several times on a YouTube video.   

 

Go to 7:50:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6sqav8Ud-w

 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by SOLIDKREATE

[WarthogOsl]

3 hours ago, Ivandrov said:

We've had three different books mentioned as the original source for these diagrams, which one is it?

I think some were taken directly from Navy, Grumman, or Hughes sources. Some appear to have been redrawn in a slightly different style,  presumably based on those sources.

Here's an example from Stevenson's book, which is credited to U.S. Navy: