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Originally Posted by commandosolo2009
does this mean that both air and surface contacts show on the PPI/Ascope? are they connected? I know the fork looking radar between the shears on the outside view or maybe the bubble maker looking (circular) radar, are the air search type radars.. So, if he says "single contact", I steer the hydrophone to his bearing and nothing sounds, then I keep the radar steady on last bearing he keeps disappearing, would that constitute an air contact? or is it a bug? Thanks Wernher and SS.
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My apologies if I wasn't clear. The A-Scope does not have a PPI. The surface search scope is of the PPI type. I'm not sure how this translates in-game since I've never tried to view an air contact on the scopes. Later in the war (IRL), the larger warships (like BBs and CVs) had air-search radars w/PPI (Planned Position Indicators). They were larger units and I don't know if they were ever made compact enough (by war's end) for placement in a sub. I've seen (or think I've seen) some references by members who claim they have seen air-contacts on the surface search PPI and suggestions that they both might be interconnected somehow. I myself have never come across this.
There is a good possibility (if you don't get a sonar contact) that you're dealing with an air contact that just isn't close enough to spot you and therefore continues on it's way at the fringes of your radar range.
