Radar in silent mode - will it help to reduce your radar cross section in DCS?

[d0ppler]

I mean, is it modelled? Do you increase your chances to survive when sneaking through a high dense area of sam sites with your radar completely off?

And how big is the difference in terms of cross section from SILENT to QUIET?

[SlipHavoc]

Radar cross section is not affected by whether your radar is on or off.  However I think your radar can be detected by enemy airplane RWR systems, and that will alert them to your presence.  I'm not sure if ground targets can pick up your radar emissions though; I suspect they can't.  It would be interesting to do some empirical testing on this.

[RyanR]

I *have* noticed that turning emissions switch to the middle position will reduce how likely you are to get intercepted. Enemy radars are going to still see you, and based on mission scripting those radars can feed your position down the air-defense chain.

-Ryan 

[darkman222]

From chucks guide:
NORM: all electronic signals for the aircraft are enabled
• QUIET: radar, TACAN, and data link transmit but all other
emissions are inhibited.
• SILENT: all electronic signals for the aircraft are disabled, and
include the radar, radar altimeter, data link, TACAN transmit, and
ECM.