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Originally Posted by propbeanie
What boat are you in, and the date at Midway there, torpedobait? You are into CapnScurvy territory there, and he'll probably want more detail. I had a boat a few weeks ago in a single mission file with the periscope mounted radar, and it worked wonderfully in a Balao...
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I am in a campaign started on Dec. 8, 1941. Currently In Port @ Midway January 2, 1945; Boat is Balao; added the ST Periscope Radar (already had the SV Elite (air search) Radar. Departed Midway Jan. 16 for Area 4.
Just before I reached my first standard save area, 60 NM West from Midway, I went to the radar station bar and turned on the radars using the former "Raise/Lower Radar Mast" button. The message box confirmed the radars were ON. I then noticed a separate button on that radar bar for the surface search radar, but it was apparently inoperative. Going to the screens I found them blank and was unable to fire either one up. I tried moving the on/off switch on the left below the screens, but that wouldn't operate even though the switch would light up when I passed the cursor over it.
I turned the radars on/off several times using the old "raise/lower" mast button, but that only changed the message, not the state of the radar (as far as I can tell). I had a visual at 5.2 NM on a steamer, and before that an alert from the sonar operator, but never saw it on radar.
Hope this info helps.