How to get aircrafts external view and airsearch radar q

BHunterSEAL · 02-05-11, 06:55 PM

I've seen in other threads that historical air-search radars do not give bearings, but the reports you get from the radar room in-game do. That said, I know for a fact that air blips are not visible on your radar scopes in-game, because these are your surface radar cathodes.
That said, 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.

02-05-11, 06:55 PM	#6
BHunterSEAL Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 12 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	I've seen in other threads that historical air-search radars do not give bearings, but the reports you get from the radar room in-game do. That said, I know for a fact that air blips are not visible on your radar scopes in-game, because these are your surface radar cathodes. That said, 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.