Reading the contact report?

Timme · 10-31-17, 06:06 PM

So... I'm having a hard time understanding the contact reports from my screen. I'm talking about the info I get from BdU about Task Forces, Convoys and such. I have looked around the forum but I can't seem to find anything explaining how to read the report only about sending your own

My problem is that I'm trying to get my head into the map itself. I don't have any previous experience with navigating.

The horizontal on the map is marked with a number and "E or W" and the vertical an "N".

So yeah, where do I look for the contact? I get some confusing information for a new guy like me. Please break it down for me.

"Contact Reported. Enemy Task Force, Long 11° 47'E, Lat 35° N, Course S, Speed 15 KTS!"

Hope there is a few helping minds out there, Thanks.

HW3 · 10-31-17, 11:53 PM

The contact will be East of the 11 degree line, almost to the 12 degree line, and on the 35 degree North line, which, if I remember right, would put them in the Mediterranean.

gambla · 11-01-17, 09:38 AM

aren't those contact reports marked on the map ? maybe an option disabled ?

Cyborg322 · 11-01-17, 10:29 AM

its a little easier to understand if you see the map as a globe as in this video

Simon

vdr1981 · 11-01-17, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gambla

aren't those contact reports marked on the map ?

Not with the optional Real Navigation on board since it would brake the whole point of it...

Without Real Nav, yes...

kevinsue · 11-02-17, 02:43 PM

Here is an old thread regarding radio contact reports that may help. Also there is a link below for the plotting tools I use for plotting contact reports that can be put in the C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS folder and enabled using JSGME and then found ingame in the User Charts, Real Navigation.

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Originally Posted by kevinsue

There doesn't seem to be a way of getting any warning regarding radio contact reports in the captains log. I normally keep my position (Lat and Long) in my head and then scroll though the contact reports to see if they are in the rough vicinity to me and which direction they are heading. Once you have a radio contact of interest, I use 1 degree plotting tool to plot the position of the convoy accurately and the Cardinal Directions chart to plot the exact heading and then the speed charts in the user charts to update the progress to calculate an intercept position. Depending on the convoy routes, most times the convoy appears exactly where it's supposed to be and sometimes not if they have changed course to their destination during the intercept. I have found that using the radio contact reports and predicting their positions is far more effective locating convoys than just doing automated search patterns in the patrol area. It's very satisfying doing an intercept that has you running 30 hours at flank speed and the convoy appears exactly where you predicted it to be.

Radio Intercepts Thread

SH5 Real Nav Tools

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Timme Bilge Rat Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 1 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Reading the contact report? So... I'm having a hard time understanding the contact reports from my screen. I'm talking about the info I get from BdU about Task Forces, Convoys and such. I have looked around the forum but I can't seem to find anything explaining how to read the report only about sending your own My problem is that I'm trying to get my head into the map itself. I don't have any previous experience with navigating. The horizontal on the map is marked with a number and "E or W" and the vertical an "N". So yeah, where do I look for the contact? I get some confusing information for a new guy like me. Please break it down for me. "Contact Reported. Enemy Task Force, Long 11° 47'E, Lat 35° N, Course S, Speed 15 KTS!" Hope there is a few helping minds out there, Thanks.

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HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	The contact will be East of the 11 degree line, almost to the 12 degree line, and on the 35 degree North line, which, if I remember right, would put them in the Mediterranean. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

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Cyborg322 Scurvy Dog of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Manchester England Posts: 1,125 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 0	map reading its a little easier to understand if you see the map as a globe as in this video Simon Last edited by Cyborg322; 11-01-17 at 10:42 AM.

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