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Originally Posted by LukeFF
As Peto said, SD radar has an altitude below which it will not pick up contacts. For the early SD this is 1500 feet, for the SD-1 it is 1000 feet. Otherwise, it will pick up contacts from any bearing, provided they aren't below that altitude. Also note that each radar (and sonar) set has a detection probability value (designed to simulate equipment malfunction or operator error). For the SD-1, this value is 95%, so it may have been that your radar antenna simply didn't pick up the contact, even though it was within range and at altitude. Also, do note that the early SD radar set has a maximum range of only 6 miles, so its use is somewhat limited.
BTW, all the pertinent data about radar and sonar can be found on the Weapons and Sensors page.
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Thanks for the info, between the reasons you and Peto have listed, I can easily see how he could come in and blindside me, which seems more realistic to me. How much of a factor is crew effeciency??