Audio Warning for bearingless Target

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Audio Warning for bearingless Target

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Kurt37	K Kurt37 posted 3/1/2021 5:46:08 AM Post Details Share Post
K Group: Forum Members Posts: 16, Visits: 1	+x pilot-byom - 2/28/2021 8:30:43 AM I am all with the Skydemon opinion on that. Bearingless targets are often poorly detected and neither distance nor altitude can be trusted enough to do any further processing. I agree with you about the distance, since that is purely based on a signal strength algorithm and not GPS data. But the signal contains an accurate altitude information, which is also what ATC uses. Im my flying experience it has been way better to know that there is traffic in your vicinity at e.g. 200ft below (and most of the times I was able to spot him) than not getting any info at all. It just sharpens your senses. Who else thinks this way? Kind regards Patrick P.S.: and yes I do fully agree it needs to be user selectable, because of the limitations bearing less targets have.
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pilot-byom	p pilot-byom posted 2/28/2021 8:30:43 AM Post Details Share Post
p Group: Forum Members Posts: 323, Visits: 388	I am all with the Skydemon opinion on that. Bearingless targets are often poorly detected and neither distance nor altitude can be trusted enough to do any further processing.
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PaulSS	P PaulSS posted 2/28/2021 12:59:43 AM Post Details Share Post
P Group: Forum Members Posts: 89, Visits: 3.2K	What do Tim/others think? Possibly a user selectable feature (as already the option to display bearingless targets on/off). Some others, like you, would like audio for bearingless targets and have asked for it on the past Tim doesn't like bearingless targets at all but allows us to see the circles despite this. He definitely doesn't like audio for bearingless and has said, in the past, that it ain't gonna happen. I really like the SkyDemon intelligent audio but have to combine my Pilot Aware audio and SkyDemon audio in order to get the best of both worlds. As far as I'm concerned, an option for bearingless audio would be great, as then SD would be a one-stop-shop for audio (airspace warnings and all traffic warnings). I think we're going to need a LOT of 'pretty pleases' though
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Kurt37	K Kurt37 posted 2/27/2021 9:19:49 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
K Group: Forum Members Posts: 16, Visits: 1	Hi there, apologies if this has been raised before - tried searching without success. I am using Pilotaware with Skydemon and I really enjoy the audio warnings since that maximizes my out of the Cockpit looking time. However most traffic is bearingless mode S and I find it difficult to pick up bearing less targets in SD. AFAIK they is no info in the traffic screen that there is a bearing less target. I only see it on the moving map. I know bearingless target info has its limitations. However it would help me a lot to get an audio warning: "bearingless target same altitude (or according altitude)". Then I know without looking at my iPad that there is Mode S traffic nearby. What do Tim/others think? Possibly a user selectable feature (as already the option to display bearingless targets on/off). Kind Regards, Patrick
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