TWS question, WAIT and UNKN
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I haven’t come across an explanation for the terms “WAIT” and “UNKN” at the top of the TWS display.
What do those terms indicate?
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The radar can ID aircraft that it is locked onto when close enough. The wait and unkn will change to the Aircraft name if it can ID it.
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NCTR - Non-Cooperative Target Recognition.
TWS/RWS doesn’t matter. Usually you might get an ID on a BUFF, but fighter types need to be close and on the right bearing/AO.
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The radar can ID aircraft that it is locked onto when close enough.
Distance is one thing, but you must be head on. Otherwise radar will not see the turbines and will be unable to identify target (“UNKN” will be displayed).
“WAIT” means that radar is analyzing data.Its all about modulation caused by turbines. Turbines rotates with high speed and they causing modulation of the signal. Radar is analyzing this modulation and this is the way to identify targets. It does not analyzes airframe geometry like more modern radars.
TWS/RWS doesn’t matter.
Well, it does matter. It does not works in RWS.
AFAIK it works in TWS SAM (you enter TWS SAM as soon as you designate target in RWS) and STT, not sure about regular TWS (not SAM and without designating target). -
…. Well, it does matter. It does not works in RWS. …
Are you sure about that?
Maybe we’re both half wrong? Maybe it doesn’t work in TWS??
Oh, wait, you’re saying from RWS a bugged target is no longer RWS, but TWS SAM?. Ok. Well, if that’s case it’s question of technical semantics, not ‘you can’t get to NCTR from RWS’. It’s more, ‘you can’t get NCTR until you bug a contact’, which afaik is 100% correct.
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Oh, wait, you’re saying from RWS a bugged target is no longer RWS, but TWS SAM?
Actually designating on an RWS search target changes it to a bugged target and places the FCR in RWS SAM submode. Pressing TMS-right for more than 1 second, from any CRM RWS mode with or without a tracked target (SAM, TTS, or STT), transitions the radar to TWS and retains any pre-existing bugged targets.
/me runs :mrgreen:
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SAM is something between TWS and RWS.
It tracks up to 2 targets while other targets are only ranged (without tracking) so it combines both.
