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Ducimus · 03-30-07, 01:53 PM

Ok heres an update, i tink i gota handle on it now.

This bugger has defied all logic and reasoning.

I mean, ok. min height of 6 meters (stock). If you look at the rec manual, ships are alot higher then that. Putting two and two together, you figure,.. ok whats the average maximum ship height? Enter some abitrary figure, and you think problem solved.
That was my first attempt. WRONG.

What ive learned is that the min height variable on this radar is SUPER.. and i mean SUPER sensitive. If you enter 6 meters min height, your right back where you started. If you enter 9 meters min height, you get no contacts. So back it off to 8 meters and its as if it were the 6 meters min height. SOme ships you pick up, some you don't.

Ok.. so 6 is too low, and 8 it still works, but 9 it doesnt. So the figure lays in between 8 and 9 right? I make the min height 8.5... guess what.. radar doesnt work.

So this is my new working theory (IE,im guessing and pulling this out of my ass, its the only explantion i can come up with)

Im thinking theres a small incline of an unknown degree that radiates outward. (think in terms of geometric shapes) The farther you are away from the center of the radar transmission (your sub) the higher the space between that incline and the surface of the ocean. The min height etablish's itself from the top of that incline, not the surface of the ocean. So your blind spot at say, at 30,000 meters is going to be ALOT higher in altitude then say 15,000 meters. WHen your talking large distances, a single degree from the source, can make a huge difference when at the end of its path of travel.

In our case since were talking fairly long distances, were talking about a fractions of meters. 8 meters too low, 8.5 meters too high. So my next stab at this is 8.25 and ill go from there.

03-30-07, 01:53 PM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Ok heres an update, i tink i gota handle on it now. This bugger has defied all logic and reasoning. I mean, ok. min height of 6 meters (stock). If you look at the rec manual, ships are alot higher then that. Putting two and two together, you figure,.. ok whats the average maximum ship height? Enter some abitrary figure, and you think problem solved. That was my first attempt. WRONG. What ive learned is that the min height variable on this radar is SUPER.. and i mean SUPER sensitive. If you enter 6 meters min height, your right back where you started. If you enter 9 meters min height, you get no contacts. So back it off to 8 meters and its as if it were the 6 meters min height. SOme ships you pick up, some you don't. Ok.. so 6 is too low, and 8 it still works, but 9 it doesnt. So the figure lays in between 8 and 9 right? I make the min height 8.5... guess what.. radar doesnt work. So this is my new working theory (IE,im guessing and pulling this out of my ass, its the only explantion i can come up with) Im thinking theres a small incline of an unknown degree that radiates outward. (think in terms of geometric shapes) The farther you are away from the center of the radar transmission (your sub) the higher the space between that incline and the surface of the ocean. The min height etablish's itself from the top of that incline, not the surface of the ocean. So your blind spot at say, at 30,000 meters is going to be ALOT higher in altitude then say 15,000 meters. WHen your talking large distances, a single degree from the source, can make a huge difference when at the end of its path of travel. In our case since were talking fairly long distances, were talking about a fractions of meters. 8 meters too low, 8.5 meters too high. So my next stab at this is 8.25 and ill go from there.