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Steeltrap · 10-10-06, 11:24 PM

Teddy, thanks for that - I've often wondered how my crew spotted a DD @ 13,000 at 2am!! Night and day visibility the same? That's plain idiotic!!!

Interstingly, in fog I saw a DD only @ 4,500. There was medium (I think) fog, but it DIDN'T seem to make my screen look significantly different. Is this a problem in my setup somewhere, or a common thing (i.e. I've noticed 'light' fog fairly often, but it doesn't seem any different on-screen....)?

As for the DD @ 4,500, I turned to put him at 210 degrees and headed away at 2/3 speed. Heavy seas and he didn't see me. That's an excellent result - would expect not to be found (until radar that is!).

Lastly, as for darkness level at night, I found it depended very much on my monitor. Originally couldn't see ANYTHING. Swapped monitors and now it's really a bit TOO light at night (but better than not even being able to see my watch crew from the bridge station!!). Still waiting on my Samsung 20.1", 1600 x 1280 res, 5ms - will see what that does.

Cheers

10-10-06, 11:24 PM	#272
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Teddy, thanks for that - I've often wondered how my crew spotted a DD @ 13,000 at 2am!! Night and day visibility the same? That's plain idiotic!!! Interstingly, in fog I saw a DD only @ 4,500. There was medium (I think) fog, but it DIDN'T seem to make my screen look significantly different. Is this a problem in my setup somewhere, or a common thing (i.e. I've noticed 'light' fog fairly often, but it doesn't seem any different on-screen....)? As for the DD @ 4,500, I turned to put him at 210 degrees and headed away at 2/3 speed. Heavy seas and he didn't see me. That's an excellent result - would expect not to be found (until radar that is!). Lastly, as for darkness level at night, I found it depended very much on my monitor. Originally couldn't see ANYTHING. Swapped monitors and now it's really a bit TOO light at night (but better than not even being able to see my watch crew from the bridge station!!). Still waiting on my Samsung 20.1", 1600 x 1280 res, 5ms - will see what that does. Cheers Last edited by Steeltrap; 10-10-06 at 11:26 PM.