CDC Vol 3, 401 & 402 Flashcards
- What three steps does tracking involve?
- Determine a target exists
- Initiate a track on the target
- Ensure the track continuity is preserved
- How do you separate valid radar returns from “noise”?
By looking for a data trail
- Why should every track have its own unique track number?
The track number is what we use when referring to tracks. Having more than one would be confusing.
- What is track continuity?
Making sure tracks stay with data.
- What do you do if you are no longer receiving data on a track.
- Check to see if their are any airbases or civilian runways in the area.
- If you are confident the track has landed, report the landing and drop the track when you get approval.
- If you are not confident the track has landed, report the lost track and extrapolate the track for five minutes.
- Start 402: What is the quickest and most effective way of reporting tracks?
Automatically, via data link.
When voice telling tracks, how do you report altitude, heading, and speed?
- Altitude in 100-foot increments prefaced with its source
- Heading in magnetic degrees
- Speed in 10-knot increments
What are the “normal” altitude sources used to report altitude in voice-tell?
- Measured
- Reported
- Unknown
- Estimated
- What type of information do you never pass over unsecured radios?
- Range or classification of the system you are operating
- Existence of electronic attack (EA)
- Mode 1 or 2 codes
- In short, do not pass classified information
If the data link is down, how to you pass the track information to other units?
Voice tell procedures
What are the 4 types of “Tell”?
1 - Forward Tell
2 - Lateral Tell
3 - Overlap Tell
4 - Back Tell
What type of tell is used to pass air surveillance information to a higher echelon in the control and warning system?
Forward tell
What type of tell provides adjacent stations with track information approaching tracks?
Lateral tell
- What type of tell is used when a radar station detects a target in an adjacent station’s area, which is not being carried in the area?
Overlap tell
What type of tell provides air surveillance data and is passed from a higher echelon to a lower echelon?
Back tell
Once lateral tell has started, when would you stop lateral tell?
When a unit requests a cease tell.
In the case of overlapping coverage, how is track number assigned and which unit would forward tell the track?
- Track numbers are assigned by the station in the area where the track originated.
- The track is forward told by the originating unit.
- What are the three kinds of reports in telling?
- New track
- Revision
- Drop track
What lines does the revision tell report typically include from the New Track Report?
Lines 2-6, 13, and 15
How many lines are in a typical New Track Report?
15
What are the Tell Priorities (I teach them as the Surveillance Priorities)?
- Priority 1: Hostile, EW, and Faker tracks
- Priority 2: Unknown and pending
- Priority 3: All Emergencies
- Priority 4: Interceptor tracks that are not paired against threats
- Priority 5: VIPs, Friend tracks, and special mission tracks
- What three tell priorities are considered critical class tracks?
Priorities 1,2, and 3
- What are two opposites of situational awareness?
- Tunnel vision
2. Target fixation
What is it called when an operator concentrates on one task while neglecting others?
Tunnel vision
