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Originally Posted by Viduka
Is it possible to modify the effectiveness of the hydrophone operators so that they can hear as well as we can when we operate it manually?
There are times when there are clearly audible noises on the hydrophone but the operator insists there is no contact.  |
I see the problem is that we are the issue :hmm: in that the radio guy seems to reasonably represent how difficult it was to hear anything in real life.
I have read MANY WWII reverences to ships, even escorts being no more than 500 metres away (seen in the periscope), and yet the sound guy won't detect them. That is why before surfacing the precedure was to scan the area through the periscope before surfacing.
In ideal conditions sound does travel furhter through water.