Removal of F-15A SRC Look-Up Mode

Machinery of War Discussion
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Older Radar Modes (retrieved from Tim’s Variety guide, 15 Dec 2023):
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Current Radar Modes (retrieved from in-game screenshot, 09 March 2025):
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It seems that at some point, the regular Look-up SRC search mode was removed from the AN/APG-63, and I’d like to know roughly when it happened and perhaps why? was it somehow never on the Eagle?

How does it affect combat performance since there’s no longer a mode-switch to regular SRC if someone turns into the notch? I’ve been having some trouble with the F-14A’s AWG-9 and wondered if the F-15A would be any better. Typically CW SARH missiles can maintain a brief window of lock even with chaffing off-target, but will that still apply here without an SRC mode in the notch?

(apologies in advance if I’m a little inexperienced and sound dumb)

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Cause it wasn’t a mode on the real thing, it’s also a worse mode than the thing that replaced it.

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???

In what sense, to some degree the issue is that the Generic names that Gaijin use don’t line up with any particular mode(s) that a specific radar should have.

For example the “Pre-PSP” APG-63 should have (as per ADA142071):

  • Velocity-Search.
  • Long-Range Search
  • Short-Range Search
  • Pulse-Search
  • Auto-Gun
  • Super-Search
  • Vertical-Scan
  • Bore-Sight