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Originally Posted by Mraah
The range all points to 7500 too, but the source that I read about the coverage (+/-10) also stated the range to be around 14.5km ... most likely under ideal condition or theorectical range, but 7500 being the effective or proven range when out in the field. We all know energy doesn't magically stop at a specific range ... Which reminds me, the SpecialAbility for the radio operator to increase the range is believable, in my book. A good operator can distinguish between ground clutter and actually targets. With the extra range I've detected headon steamers around 9500 m.
I can only plead that the RFB team keeps this ability !
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Yep, we're going to keep that. The other thing that makes that special ability realistic is that, at least for the first generation radar sets, the max range of a given radar set depended in large part on the quality of the vacuum tubes. As such, radar operators were known to try to get better quality radar vacuum tubes while their boat was refitting in port.