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Old 02-20-17, 01:38 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by armatata View Post

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When I'm out in the open sea and go to sonar, I just hear the wind when I spin it around. However, I constantly get very distant noises which barely are hearable because of the wind. These noises sound like drums. Does anyone else get these? Do they actually mean there is a ship in this direction, just very far away?

Thanks for help!
Sometimes, your sonar man is tired, lazy, delusional or planning a mutiny, so you have to listen for yourself.

Set the speakers to maximum level and you can hear the distant thumping sound of a merchant between the singing whales, long before your sonarman reports it.

As others already mentioned, the opposite is more common.
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