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Originally Posted by bubbaisagod
All I want to do is change the depth to 8 meters, by doing that messages can
be send in bad weather and when sailing with deck's awash (7,5m).
Nothing unrealistic about that 
I was wondering about u-boats sending messages at periscope or snorkel depth
but it's hard to find info on that. |
Indeed, it isn't unrealistic at all, unlike some think that a U-boot was able to receive messages on VLF whilst submerged at shallow (and i'm not exactly sure what measurements shallow constitutes) depth, using DF-loop antenna.
Snorkel-equipped U-boats carried a drum-shaped aerial atop the snorkel which enabled them to transmit and receive HF while snorkeling.
Just don't overdo the edits, once a solution is found, otherwise BDU will wonder what you are doing
EDIT:
Just came across this gem where a radio operator, the lone survivor of U-869 gives his story:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/militar...r-of-u869.html
Pertinent is this:
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All messages were repeated at night by an automatic transmitter on the longest wavelengths. You didn't even have to surface to receive them; you could receive them at a depth of up to 30 meters (100 feet).
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