Radar Depth?

Sheppard · 03-20-07, 02:27 PM

This was in SH1, but I'm not finding it in SH4...:hmm:

Immacolata · 03-20-07, 02:46 PM

Eh?

Depth?

What do you mean, really? Radar works on surface. Underwater its sonar all the way. You mean Depth below keel?

malkuth74 · 03-20-07, 02:48 PM

Read some of the Radar Discussions already on the board. Seem that its kinda funky right now and hard to use. That might help you out a little.

Sheppard · 03-20-07, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Immacolata

Eh?

Depth?

What do you mean, really? Radar works on surface. Underwater its sonar all the way. You mean Depth below keel?

US submarines could operate their radars while submerged; because the radars were mounted pretty high up, where the periscopes are; it was a command in SH1.

Basically, you would submerge until just the tips of your shears are above water...

Steeltrap · 03-20-07, 06:45 PM

The absence of this sort of thing is something that really ****s me. It's just downright sloppy/lazy/incompetent.

Rant over......

MarkShot · 03-20-07, 07:13 PM

Well, as long as you are comparing with SH1, then is the high periscope modeled? Meaning periscope used while surfaced had the longest spotting range. Also, periscope at periscope depth had a fairly limited spotting range.

joea · 03-20-07, 07:13 PM

Really? Sounds a bit iffy to me, I mean in bad weather and all.

Oltos · 07-19-23, 06:46 PM

I know this is a very old post. But I have the actual info for who ever comes here looking at this late.

There is no keyboard command. BUT, if you come to periscope depth, THEN go to an external view you can SEE the radar dish, and where it is mounted.

Then surface a little more, again with external view, and wait for that antenna to breech the surface. When it does, NOTE the depth guage. That will be your RADAR Depth for THAT model sub. Different subs had different rigs. On the Porpoise Class, which I am messing with as I write this. It is located on top of the conning tower between the two periscope masts.

With a depth of 35 feet that clears the surface of the water. I can then go to the radar shack internal to the sub and manually turn the two radar screens on with the on screen switches, and those danged things WORK.

Some Later Sub models mounted that radar dish on the periscope mast itself but lower than where the lenses are at the top. So coming to periscope depth, and a little more shallow will bring them above the surface, and things can be made to work.

But I think this "Pro" hack is in such a condition that you MUST go to the radar shack and turn the radars on manually.

03-20-07, 02:27 PM	#1
Sheppard Captain of the Nautilus Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 0	Radar Depth? This was in SH1, but I'm not finding it in SH4...:hmm:

03-20-07, 02:46 PM	#2
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Eh? Depth? What do you mean, really? Radar works on surface. Underwater its sonar all the way. You mean Depth below keel? __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

03-20-07, 02:48 PM	#3
malkuth74 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 377 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Read some of the Radar Discussions already on the board. Seem that its kinda funky right now and hard to use. That might help you out a little. __________________

03-20-07, 07:13 PM	#6
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Well, as long as you are comparing with SH1, then is the high periscope modeled? Meaning periscope used while surfaced had the longest spotting range. Also, periscope at periscope depth had a fairly limited spotting range. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!

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03-20-07, 06:45 PM	#5
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	The absence of this sort of thing is something that really ****s me. It's just downright sloppy/lazy/incompetent. Rant over......

03-20-07, 07:13 PM	#7
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Really? Sounds a bit iffy to me, I mean in bad weather and all.

07-19-23, 06:46 PM	#8
Oltos Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I know this is a very old post. But I have the actual info for who ever comes here looking at this late. There is no keyboard command. BUT, if you come to periscope depth, THEN go to an external view you can SEE the radar dish, and where it is mounted. Then surface a little more, again with external view, and wait for that antenna to breech the surface. When it does, NOTE the depth guage. That will be your RADAR Depth for THAT model sub. Different subs had different rigs. On the Porpoise Class, which I am messing with as I write this. It is located on top of the conning tower between the two periscope masts. With a depth of 35 feet that clears the surface of the water. I can then go to the radar shack internal to the sub and manually turn the two radar screens on with the on screen switches, and those danged things WORK. Some Later Sub models mounted that radar dish on the periscope mast itself but lower than where the lenses are at the top. So coming to periscope depth, and a little more shallow will bring them above the surface, and things can be made to work. But I think this "Pro" hack is in such a condition that you MUST go to the radar shack and turn the radars on manually.