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Old 08-24-13, 06:54 AM   #9
Hawk66
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Originally Posted by Pisces View Post
Well, how about a 3-way switch? (for each tracker) Port, Starboard, Both. Let the operator choose. Neither the sensor, nor the operator, has any knowledge beforehand which is the mirror and which is the true contact bearing. The operator can only tell by a steady contact-bearing after the change in course, or (narrowband) confirmation of a different sensor. The TA cannot distinguish if a contact is on port or starboard. The arrival time differences at the sensors along the TA wire are identical if it came from a port or starboard relative angle. The time difference of signal arrival is all that the TA equipment knows. Automating this decision process is cheating the laws of physics.
Good idea! I'll write it in my design document but will not implement it immediately since it is more effort...but for a next iteration I'll have a look.
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