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Originally Posted by BHunterSEAL
I'm wondering--how is it that real-life air search radars didn't give bearing info? Obviously, this technology existed, and I'd assume based on my understanding of radar that it would have to give a location information.
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If you send out a radio pulse in all directions, and you get a return pulse, you will get range only, and not bearing information.
Notice that the SJ surface search radar antenna is a directional dish that rotates. The SD antenna is a fixed position that does not rotate. I don't know why they made an omnidirectional air search radar during the war. It may have had something to do with the size of the equipment, and the radar frequency needed to detect a small target like a plane.