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Jindalee is marvellous, but unfortunately ( AFAIK ) it isn't possible to use it in a general surveillance manner. It needs to be directed to a specific area wh
by dingaling 13y ago
Jindalee is marvellous, but unfortunately ( AFAIK ) it isn't possible to use it in a general surveillance manner. It needs to be directed to a specific area which it monitors; this is partly dictated by HF propagation conditions.
Consider that it bounces its signal off the ionosphere to 'illuminate' an area on the surface. You can move that area around like a viewport but you can't make the viewport bigger.
If the MAS a/c didn't enter the areas they were monitoring that day then they wouldn't have contacted.
- leoc 13y agoPresumably the idea is to scan the search area in a methodical (though not completely predictable) fashion, like destroyers trawling the North Atlantic for U-boats?
- dingaling 13y agoYes, I think so! Or set-up a barrier-pattern of searching a linear range of areas continuously. I think they have four or five of these HF radars now, so they could co-operate.