New, Some Questions.

[Krauter]

Hi all,

New to DW and slowly trying to get used to it.

Playing the MH-60 Demo I am slowly getting used to tracking contacts with Sonobuoys as well as the Dipping Sonar. I'm still trying to figure out the differences with the different sonobuoys, but I'm still a little confused. Atm, I'm having some success with the DIFAR buoys, VLAD I've tried yet don't really see a difference.

However, what I'm having questions with is the DICASS. I see that it is supposed to be used in an active Sonar setting. However I've only managed to use it with directional and omni-directional sensors. How can I set it to active ping?

Another question I've got is regarding sonar suites. Primarily I've been using the Seawolf because it's got the best sonars and quietest mechanics (or so I'm guessing). Now, I've been tooling around with the ASuW Intercept and ASW Barrier Search quick missions and have found that I detect things quickly with the narrowband (usually at 500Khz) setting. Going from Bow to towed arraw (Stb array, is there a difference between the prt and stb arrays?) I see that there is still a spike on the display. However I cannot assign a tracker to it for some reason and I don't know why.

Finally, what is a way to use the TMA when it gets cluttered with a lot of contact lines?