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Old 05-18-13, 03:40 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by BigWalleye View Post
I suspect this may have been a result of the fact that the fleet boats operated at much greater distances from base.
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So getting a message to a sub 4000 miles from home would take four times as much power as would be needed to send the same message to a sub 2000 miles away.
A very good point. As I say, I only know what I've heard, and that could be wrong.
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