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Originally Posted by nomad_delta
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Originally Posted by Puster Bill
Using the Watch Officer isn't cheating: It's his friggin' job to tell you bearings and distances.
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Agreed, but how on earth does the WO figure out exact distance to a target that we haven't even identified yet (and which is too far away for me to have any hope of identifying...)
I guess I also don't like relying upon the WO as my only means of determining distances, 'cause he'll only tell me the range and bearing to the closest target... which means if there happens to be a life boat or something sitting closer he'll keep telling me about that instead. :p
I don't mind having the WO do his job, but I'd at least like to know how he does it so I can do the same myself if I have to.
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The SACF/IS-WAS looks mighty cool, have been thinking 'bout trying to put together one of those. I don't have an inkjet printer handy though so the transparencies might be a bit of trouble.
For now I've just been using the Nav Map to plot my range/bearing sightings, and then drawing a line through the marks on the map to estimate target course and speed. Only problem with that is that I can't get range values until I'm within stadimeter range, which is apparently ~9000 yards.
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How my WO gets the range isn't my problem, as long as he gets it.
Also, I know this is true in SHIII, not sure about SHIV, but the range the WO gives you isn't exact, it is in 100 meter increments, so there is always some 'slop' in those measurements.
If you need a rational, consider that the guy is an experienced officer, and remember that the human eye in real life can probably resolve details better than you could put on a computer screen.
If you only build the backside of the SACF, you don't need the transparencies. However, if you take the files on a memory stick or diskette to the local Staples or other office supply place, they can print them there on cardstock, transparency, or whatever, and even laminate them for you (which I recommend that you do).
Since I have a printer at home, and had cardstock already to print my QSL cards, all I had to get were some transparencies and some self-stick lamination.
I recommend that you build one as soon as you can. It makes interception and actually hitting the target much easier.