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SteamWake
04-12-07, 09:01 PM
There has been a few posts about the morse signalling from the destroyers.

Tonight I had a chance to copy a little bit of it.

The tempo is a bit sloppy and its hard for me to read flashes of light instead of dits and dahs but I did copy this....

"Contact" and "Panre"

Contact is repeated many times followed by seemingly jibberish.

That is all.
FAdmiral
04-12-07, 09:08 PM
I've also seen it among American ships when they sight some enemy
ships. If you are in a sub watching enemy AI ships and you see that
morse blinking going on, it means they have detected an enemy.
If you are the only one there, its YOU they have spotted...

JIM
clayton
04-12-07, 09:13 PM
There has been a few posts about the morse signalling from the destroyers.

Tonight I had a chance to copy a little bit of it.

The tempo is a bit sloppy and its hard for me to read flashes of light instead of dits and dahs but I did copy this....

"Contact" and "Panre"

Contact is repeated many times followed by seemingly jibberish.

That is all.

Well, their sonar man but be manning the flasher, because the only thing they 'Contact' is empty seas. :D

Couldn't resist!
P_Funk
04-12-07, 09:14 PM
I've also seen it among American ships when they sight some enemy
ships. If you are in a sub watching enemy AI ships and you see that
morse blinking going on, it means they have detected an enemy.
If you are the only one there, its YOU they have spotted...

JIM
But by late war they don't use it correct? I know that they didn't have radios at first but later they had good ones so that the entire escort group could communicate.
SteamWake
04-12-07, 09:46 PM
The lanterns were used throughout the war.

Cant be intercepted by radio :know:
Drokkon
04-12-07, 09:46 PM
When running under radio silence though they can't use them so your back to morse code. I'm sure they sent alot of course changes this way. In fact the US used to have enlisted sailors aboard merchant ships just for these things.
AVGWarhawk
04-13-07, 07:50 AM
I read the morse as; "one large pepperoni pizza and a six pack";). Maybe I got to many dash and dots in there:smug:
Capt.LoneRanger
04-13-07, 08:01 AM
Sorry, if I ask a dump question, but why do Jap-ships morse in English? :hmm:
joea
04-13-07, 08:38 AM
Sorry, if I ask a dump question, but why do Jap-ships morse in English? :hmm:

Same reason they speak English in many warmovies, as do Germans, Russians, Klingons etc....
darksythe
04-13-07, 09:02 AM
Sorry, if I ask a dump question, but why do Jap-ships morse in English? :hmm:
Same reason they speak English in many warmovies, as do Germans, Russians, Klingons etc....

Lol good one.:up:
Bilge_Rat
04-13-07, 09:58 AM
The lanterns were used throughout the war.

Cant be intercepted by radio :know:

I had read they also used horns to communicate at night, since lights can be seen from much farther away than you can hear sounds, but that is not implemented in the game.
Avatar
04-13-07, 12:04 PM
When using external view, I can hear sirens from the DD's.
I like their searchlights when looking for you. If you've been detected, their lights latch onto you and wont let go.
Ostfriese
04-13-07, 12:06 PM
When using external view, I can hear sirens from the DD's.
I like their searchlights when looking for you. If you've been detected, their lights latch onto you and wont let go.

You can hear sirens from all ships.
Bilge_Rat
04-13-07, 01:03 PM
I rarely use the external views, must be why I did not notice the sirens.

ps -I just saw the "Navy Dude" avatar. Is that what I have to look forward to after I get rid of the condom on my head? I think its a plot by Neal to make sure we keep posting until we no longer have dweeby avatars.
Drokkon
04-13-07, 01:18 PM
LOL from the Mike Myers look to the George Micheal look
AVGWarhawk
04-13-07, 01:32 PM
I rarely use the external views, must be why I did not notice the sirens.

ps -I just saw the "Navy Dude" avatar. Is that what I have to look forward to after I get rid of the condom on my head? I think its a plot by Neal to make sure we keep posting until we no longer have dweeby avatars.

Bonnet Boy!
pocatellodave
04-13-07, 06:57 PM
I'm a Radio amateur...but a mite rusty.I noticed the morse signaling,but didn't pay much attention to it.For me it is much easier to copy code with my ears,rather than my eyes.I'm sure it would come to anyone who knows morse code by virtue of being a ham.Geez the little things they do to make a sim realistic.;)
Pocatellodave Amateur radio call sign AB7AG