View Full Version : Quick Ident Question
BigStu
11th Feb 2006, 16:20
Sorry if this has been asked before, couldnt find anything on search.
Just curious. If your instructed to ident with a code and your in range of a couple of other radar units, does the ident show on the other units radar screen or will the display only show idents with codes for that unit?
Thanks
Stu.
does the ident show on the other units radar screen or will the display only show idents with codes for that unit?
The former :hmm:
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
11th Feb 2006, 18:41
Surely it will only show up on radar displays which have the actual code or "all codes" selected?
Thers only room in this town for one Stu!:suspect:
:p
Pierre Argh
11th Feb 2006, 20:11
The onboard SSR box sends out additional pulses when the pilot selects "Ident"... and these pulses will be detected by ALL SSR receivers and trigger an ident indication on ALL screens.... some sytems (as alluded to by HD) allow controllers to select which codes to display; in which case if the ident code is not selected the pilot will not receive any SSR data (inc ident) on that track.
spekesoftly
11th Feb 2006, 20:29
"The onboard SSR box ......"
Technical term for a Transponder ? ;)
Pierre Argh
12th Feb 2006, 11:15
I must thank Spekessoftly for his/her valuable comment, and worthy contribution to this thread...