SD Radar Bug

[Armistead]

If I understand you guys, you're saying planes aren't showing up on radar, so how do you know they're even there except visually?

If you're saying you're riding on the surface for hours and have radar and it doesn't pick up planes, then something sounds bugged. If you're at scope depth, has to be your radar mast not out enough or planes entered your visual zone before your radar engaged.

Planes do often do search patterns and will remain in the visual zone for long periods of time, certainly if they know you're around.

I've play TMO/RSRD for some years now and have never had this issue. Even in 15mph winds my radar extended always picks up planes at scope depth. Certainly I have times I dive deeper to evade a planes bomb, come back up hours later and extend radar and get nothing and a plane bombs me. I now always come up with scope extended also so I get a plane spotted message if it's in the visual zone. Course may get bombed by a plane before you get up to scope depth. TMO's MAD planes bomb like heck late war.

[fred8615]

Originally Posted by Armistead

If I understand you guys, you're saying planes aren't showing up on radar, so how do you know they're even there except visually?

If you had read my post at least a little more carefully, you would see the problem is that the radar sometimes doesn't track planes after diving, with the antenna extended, and well above wave height. It's not a case of it doesn't work at all, just sometimes. And we're trying to figure out why.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by fred8615

If you had read my post at least a little more carefully, you would see the problem is that the radar sometimes doesn't track planes after diving, with the antenna extended, and well above wave height. It's not a case of it doesn't work at all, just sometimes. And we're trying to figure out why.

Fred my friend, I read your post, but was replying more to the other fellow.
I stated my suggestions, but said if radar isn't picking up otherwise, has to be some type of bug if your mast is above water as you say. I've never had that issue unless my radar got damaged without me paying attention.

I guess you guys lost me when you said your not seeing planes on radar, so I wonder what makes you think they're there, except a visual contact in which case they won't show up on radar. I assume you've been dived for many hours with mast up and you get a visual before radar?

Some of the smaller planes flying at lower heights often won't pop up on radar until the last few seconds of visual, OTT, wish I could help.