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fredbass · 09-23-06, 02:23 PM

Well I really haven't seen much benefit from either myself. The radar should stay on as long as your surfaced and not in rough weather. In rough weather, as the boat bobs up and down, it can kick off as your boat partially submerges for a bit. I've been told the radar does help. I think you can't have your time compression set too high or it definitely won't help much, especially for aircraft. Sometimes I just think it brings the enemy to you rather than you finding them, but that's just my opinion. I tend to only use it at night or stormy / cloudy weather since there's no risk with aircraft, and I use it intermittantly, but to tell you the truth, I can't remember when the radar has helped me yet. Maybe it will some day. The sonar does work, but I think the only way is to find something with the hydrophones, then switch and locate by sonar, but hydrophones seem good enough for me. Again, I think when using sonar, the enemy can detect it, so I generally just stick to hydro, plus once I can hear them, it doesn't seem necessary to use sonar at that point anyways.

Maybe somebody else can help you better. There's a few threads out there about it, but not much help IMO.

P.S.: I'm not sure if there will be an upgrade to a better radar. I was hoping that the earlier version just didn't work that good, but I'm not sure. Maybe somebody can enlighten us.

09-23-06, 02:23 PM	#2
fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well I really haven't seen much benefit from either myself. The radar should stay on as long as your surfaced and not in rough weather. In rough weather, as the boat bobs up and down, it can kick off as your boat partially submerges for a bit. I've been told the radar does help. I think you can't have your time compression set too high or it definitely won't help much, especially for aircraft. Sometimes I just think it brings the enemy to you rather than you finding them, but that's just my opinion. I tend to only use it at night or stormy / cloudy weather since there's no risk with aircraft, and I use it intermittantly, but to tell you the truth, I can't remember when the radar has helped me yet. Maybe it will some day. The sonar does work, but I think the only way is to find something with the hydrophones, then switch and locate by sonar, but hydrophones seem good enough for me. Again, I think when using sonar, the enemy can detect it, so I generally just stick to hydro, plus once I can hear them, it doesn't seem necessary to use sonar at that point anyways. Maybe somebody else can help you better. There's a few threads out there about it, but not much help IMO. P.S.: I'm not sure if there will be an upgrade to a better radar. I was hoping that the earlier version just didn't work that good, but I'm not sure. Maybe somebody can enlighten us. Last edited by fredbass; 09-23-06 at 02:28 PM.