Radar scope
 

The scope in 1.3 has range of 8,000/20,000/60,000.
Is this meter or yards?

any help would nice.

I believe it is yards....do not quote me on that:shifty:

Meter. The letter M before x 100 in this pic. Sorry about that if you were hopeing imperial as I was. :damn:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/Meter.jpg

how soon into the game are radars used. I started my carrer in 1941...but have the gear in place, unoperatinal

radar scope
 

I am in 1943 Gato class. has SD & SJ radar.

its yards. The grafic shows M for meter because they forgot to change it. Its still yards when you use imperial system.

1 yard = 9,144 m
1 naut. mile = 1644 yards

Opps, you did make an error of factor 10!

1 yard = 0.9144 m

Therefore the difference between yards and meters are not so important, the difference is not great.

Also, 1 nautic mile = 2025.372 yards (ref Wikipedia).

Scope
 

Thanks

I stand corrected and relieved.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/thanks31.gif

something for the modders to fix:smug:

at what year can you start using the radar? I have the units, but they are unoperational

a few months into 43, i think

@chopped50ford
 

mate,your kinda jacking the OPs thread. Cool Sig though. I see you got an answer.:lol:
@gg5056.WELCOME ABOARD

Just hit late 42' in the USS Drum...got both Radars working.

I'm guessing the distances are in yards.

The "m" is for "magnification", I think.

Historical scope markings:

Indication and data output:
Range: 5-inch A-scope with range step and dial. Main Sweep: 60,000 yd. Expanded Sweep 20,000 yds. Precision sweep on 40,000 yds. 1,500 yds. either side of mark.

PPI: A 5-inch PPI is provided with SJ-a and SJ-1
Ranges: 8,000, 20,000, 80,000 yd. 160,000 yd. delayed sweep.
Other: Provisions for IFF indication are present.

http://www.maritime.org/radio-sj.htm

is there a mod for the radar scopes?

If I just broke down and switched to metric instead of the more historical imperial, would everything definitely be in meters? I ask because I am getting overwhelmed with concern in tight situations that maybe something is in "feet" instead of yards, meters instead of yards, etc. Plus, when I set the torp depth even with the new types of tropedoes at right about or a little above keel, they still often go under in totally placid waters. It makes me wonder if that's just the simulated error of torps at the time, or an error in the manual, or a conversion problem where it was rounded off from being converted from meters....

As you can see, I am beginning to geek on all those measurement system stuff. Been playing for a good long while and certain errors are hard to pinpoint at human or interface. Any advice?

The m is part of the larger range designator, i.e., "m X 100" means the "150" marking on the A-scope indicates 15000 meters. It's the same type of system one sees in a car's tachometer, where it says something like "RPM x 100."