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Originally Posted by OneShot
The only reason I could think off would be the buoy which is on the surface end of ther cable (and where the nice antenna is) would be washed over to often to keep up a good data stream, but then this is just guessing.
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That's it i think. I remember a german submariner telling how difficult it is to send a radio message via the radioantenna mast. One little contact of the antenna with the water and you can forget your message. For buoys it must be even more worse. Not only the waves but also all the spray flying around near the surface and the atmospheric humidity right above the waves should be also high. It seems very resonable to assume that the transmission would be wracked havoc. High waves could also interrupt the direct transmission line betwin the buoy and plane/helo.
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While the hydrophone of the buoy hangs deeper below the surface wouldn't the buoy cause it to move up and down with the waves ? And wouldn't that cause flow noise or is this insignificant ? And can this affect the bearing accuracy when the buoy and hydrophon hanging on it turns ? Isn't there a mechanism in the buoy that tells where the hydrophon points to ?
BTW: Up to whitch sea stat can helos start and land on the deck ? I guess that also depends on the size of the ship.
That all could be very favourable for the Kilo.
Deamon