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Stealhead · 08-12-10, 07:10 PM

I am no expert but I recall reading in I think it was "Thunder Below" in there somewhere Fluckey mentions the RWR only letting you know that radar was present but nothing beyond that.

Of course I have read tons of other books on fleet boats so it might have been in another book.

Edit: after looking in "U.S. Submarines Through 1945" I found a section on some units,DBV and DBU that could tell the operator if a detected radar signal was coming from port or starboard.It seems that these RWR units where not around until late 1945 though so it seems the RWR available during the war lacked directional ability as the DBV and DBU added the directional ability and where improvements for earlier units that lacked this ability it seems that the DBV and DBU units where too late for WWII to see much/any use in WWII.

08-12-10, 07:10 PM	#467
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I am no expert but I recall reading in I think it was "Thunder Below" in there somewhere Fluckey mentions the RWR only letting you know that radar was present but nothing beyond that. Of course I have read tons of other books on fleet boats so it might have been in another book. Edit: after looking in "U.S. Submarines Through 1945" I found a section on some units,DBV and DBU that could tell the operator if a detected radar signal was coming from port or starboard.It seems that these RWR units where not around until late 1945 though so it seems the RWR available during the war lacked directional ability as the DBV and DBU added the directional ability and where improvements for earlier units that lacked this ability it seems that the DBV and DBU units where too late for WWII to see much/any use in WWII. Last edited by Stealhead; 08-12-10 at 07:32 PM.