Wind farms causing clutter on radars
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From: Jockland
Passed traffic info. on a wind farm the other day to a guy at fl80 near Dean Cross!
I had a suspicion that the contact was a wind farm, but wasn't 100% convinced, as the contact was also similar to the contacts that you get from gliders.
Asked the pilot to have a look out the window to confrim my suspicion - he did!
Still, despite certain drawbacks, I'd have windfarms over nuclear/coal any day.
I had a suspicion that the contact was a wind farm, but wasn't 100% convinced, as the contact was also similar to the contacts that you get from gliders.
Asked the pilot to have a look out the window to confrim my suspicion - he did!
Still, despite certain drawbacks, I'd have windfarms over nuclear/coal any day.
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: uk
NorthSouth,
True it's a radar target but it doesn't move with a steady trace,so I treat it as clutter.Sure vector round,downgrade the service whatever.Just like an old fashioned system when you turn the gain up to get the PE's.
Mind you I go around switching off so many lights in our unit,including runway lights in 40+km vis,that it's not surprising that there are so many planned.
We have over 100 computers in the building all chewing electricity.Get ride of the bleedin lot
True it's a radar target but it doesn't move with a steady trace,so I treat it as clutter.Sure vector round,downgrade the service whatever.Just like an old fashioned system when you turn the gain up to get the PE's.
Mind you I go around switching off so many lights in our unit,including runway lights in 40+km vis,that it's not surprising that there are so many planned.
We have over 100 computers in the building all chewing electricity.Get ride of the bleedin lot
If only we could hack SIRS
