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Fish40 · 01-25-09, 05:39 PM

I might think a skilled soundman may be able to make a pretty good guestamate as to the range of a target by listening to how far away/close the ship is. A more reasonable and accurate way would be to actively ping a target, and get the range that way. I've done this myself on several occasions. But beware!! If you use active sonar with escorts present, they can and do hear it! I make it a habit to only ping lonely merchants.

01-25-09, 05:39 PM	#4
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	I might think a skilled soundman may be able to make a pretty good guestamate as to the range of a target by listening to how far away/close the ship is. A more reasonable and accurate way would be to actively ping a target, and get the range that way. I've done this myself on several occasions. But beware!! If you use active sonar with escorts present, they can and do hear it! I make it a habit to only ping lonely merchants.