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details on Target Information Display(TID) symbology.PDSRCH provides you with rudimentarytarget information only. It alerts you to thepresence of other aircraft but does little toaid your situational awareness. Forexample, PDSRCH never provides targetrange information. Targets appearing onthe DDD could be 100 nm away or aslittle as 10 nm. As long as you remain inPDSRCH mode, you’ll never know.Therefore, once a target is detected, it isrecommended that you quickly switch toanother radar mode.The Target Information Display (TID)does not function while the radar is inPulse Doppler Search (PDSRCH) mode.Range While Search (RWS) modeRange-While-Search (RWS) modefunctions exactly as PDSRCH with oneexception, target icons show up on yourRIO’s Target Information Display (TID).Not only does the TID give you a topdown view of the tactical situation, it alsoallows you to determine a target’sapproximate range.The TID can be range-scaled from amaximum range of 200 nm to 10 nm bypressing the Zoom In/Out (Z and XKeys). Target range is determined bycomparing the position of the target withinthe display. If a target is near the middleof the display and the display is set to arange of 100 nm, the target isapproximately 50 nm away from youraircraft.Range-While-Search mode (RWS) allowsyou to check on the range of targetswithout having to lock them on radar. LikePDSRCH, RWS has three variable scanpattern widths: Wide (65 0 ), Medium (40 0 ),or Narrow (20 0 ). The current width settingis recorded underneath the DDD.Read the TID section in this chapter fordetails on Target Information Display(TID) symbology.The Moderate/Authentic Mode TIDshowing targets displayed in Range-While-Search Mode.Pulse Doppler Single-Target-Track(PDSTT) modePulse Doppler Single-Target-Track mode(PDSTT) functions much the same asTrack mode did at the Standard Modelevel of difficulty. When a target isdetected in Pulse Doppler Search(PDSRCH) or Range-While-Search(RWS) modes, it can be locked-up bychanging the radar mode to PulseDoppler Single-Target-Track mode(PDSTT).To change the radar mode from PDSRCHto PDSTT, press the Lock/Cycle Targets(Backspace Key). Alternatively, you canmove the mouse pointer to the STTbutton (located to the right of the DDD)and press the left mouse button.PDSTT gives you away, however.Locking-up a target using PDSTT causesthe enemy pilot’s radar detector to startsounding-off in his headset (just likeyours does when an enemy pilot locksyou up!) For this reason you may not wantto use this mode unless its absolutelynecessary.Once you have locked a target usingPDSTT, your TID provides you withspecific details concerning this target.Check the TID for range, altitude, andclosure information.