[jazman]

Maybe we need a definitive workup of all the possible states, with commentary on each.

For example:

Hand: Gray
Cont Sweep: Gray
Single Sweep: Gray
State: All radar are off, you do not emit anything detectable, nor do you detect anything with radar.

Hand: Bright Yellow
Cont Sweep: Dull Yellow
Single Sweep: Dull Yellow
State: All radar are on. SD is on, SJ is on in focus mode. You are detectable by anyone due to SD, and by whoever is in the focus of SJ due to SJ. You should detect airplanes (or whatever SD really does), and any ships in the focus of the SJ.

etc. for all possible combinations. Then, this should be put into a definitive radar thread.

-PV-, are you up to it? After all, with three buttons, there are only eight total permutations. I'm not sure I know the material well enough to describe it definitely.

OK, here's a start, maybe you want to use different categories:

Hand: Gray
Cont Sweep: Gray
Single Sweep: Gray
Radar State:
How You Can Be Detected:
What You Should Be Able to Detect:

Copy this for all permutations.

And a section on how it's all buggered up by jumping to / from the radar stations.

I'll do a draft with the best I know, and we can refine it. I'd like the categories defined up front, but of course it is flexible, because someone will come along and make a good suggestion.

Or has this already been done? It's what proper documentation would have, don't you think?