No sound contact on bearing ???

Chubster · 05-11-10, 12:40 PM

My sonar man keeps saying this....even though he has already reported it. Every time I ask him to follow contact he just repeats the same but eacj the bearing will be different. For instance

No sound contact on bearing 050
No sound contact on bearing 214

blah blah blah......and then sometimes after just saying the above he picks it up.

What gives ?

Diopos · 05-11-10, 01:42 PM

Ubisoft Alzheimer's!

BillBam · 05-11-10, 01:47 PM

Two things, there is a known SH4 bug of sonar man not picking up sonar contacts. Also if the weather is bad this could cause the sonar to go in and out until it gets to a dependable range.

Bilge_Rat · 05-11-10, 02:19 PM

There is a max range at which the sonarman will report contacts. I think it is 20,000 yds which is the max for "long range". If you man the sonar yourself, you can often clearly hear a contact, even when the sonarman says there are no contacts.

Diopos · 05-11-10, 02:27 PM

It can be the other way round, too. The sonar man reporting or tracking contacts you can't pick on the sonar yourself.

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Platapus · 05-11-10, 06:52 PM

Or they are reporting no sound contact on the last known bearing?

05-11-10, 12:40 PM	#1
Chubster Frogman Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 288 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	No sound contact on bearing ??? My sonar man keeps saying this....even though he has already reported it. Every time I ask him to follow contact he just repeats the same but eacj the bearing will be different. For instance No sound contact on bearing 050 No sound contact on bearing 214 blah blah blah......and then sometimes after just saying the above he picks it up. What gives ?

05-11-10, 01:42 PM	#2
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Ubisoft Alzheimer's! __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

05-11-10, 02:19 PM	#4
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	There is a max range at which the sonarman will report contacts. I think it is 20,000 yds which is the max for "long range". If you man the sonar yourself, you can often clearly hear a contact, even when the sonarman says there are no contacts. __________________

05-11-10, 02:27 PM	#5
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	It can be the other way round, too. The sonar man reporting or tracking contacts you can't pick on the sonar yourself. . __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

05-11-10, 06:52 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,366 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Or they are reporting no sound contact on the last known bearing? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-11-10, 01:47 PM	#3
BillBam Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Yuba/Sutter, CA Posts: 347 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Two things, there is a known SH4 bug of sonar man not picking up sonar contacts. Also if the weather is bad this could cause the sonar to go in and out until it gets to a dependable range.