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Audio Warning for bearingless Target


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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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I don't think it needs to be that facetious, Tim. The whole idea, in this case, is just to draw your attention to the screen, so a simple "Traffic" or "Bearingless Traffic" would suffice. Even better would be "Traffic, 200 ft above". 

The fact that no other information is given means I don't really even need to look at my screen because I already know it's bearingless. Being given the relative height means I REALLY don't need to look at my screen.

I do understand the scepticism and reasons for the scepticism regarding bearingless traffic but I definitely pay much more attention to looking outside if I get an orange to red circle around me, so think there is merit in the warning. An audio prompt allows that to happen sooner, as I look at the screen relatively infrequently.

I welcome the day that we all have position information in our electronic outputs but, until the CAA mandates it, we still have to live with those who plough the skies without it. Just look around the Bournemouth extended area on a busy day and see the numbers of Katanas and Diamonds, from the local training school, flying around without ADSB and you'll see it is not an imagined scenario to sometimes only have bearingless traffic.

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