Why no hydrophone/sonar qualification?

Incubus · 10-15-06, 10:20 PM

This has always puzzled me. Personally, I use the hydrophone a lot more than I use the radio/radar. Why is there a radio qualification and no hydrophone qualification?

What exactly does the radio qualification do?

Too bad you can't assign an officer to the radio/sonar room- in fact, that is the only part of the boat you CANT assign an officer. Odd...

mookiemookie · 10-15-06, 10:40 PM

The radio qualification increases the effectiveness of that crew stationed to that compartment, which means all activities associated with it i.e. the hydrophones. So by giving your petty officer a radio qualification, you're really giving him a radio/hydrophone/sonar/radar qualification.

As far as I know, anyways.

TarJak · 10-15-06, 10:57 PM

Mookie Mookie has got it right. At least in SHIII the qualifications for both are the same. I'd assume that in real life this would have been a bit of a problem as the skills and tehcnical requriements for each specialisation are very different.

I can see radio and radar/radar detection being close enough but the sound tech quals would have been quite a bit different. other than the general tedium of sitting around waiting for something to happen!

Dantenoc · 10-16-06, 12:57 AM

If you look closely at the F7 screen, each compartment has one icon only. So yes, they chose the lightning bolt to represent all the skills asociated with the "radio, radar, sonar and hydrophone room" (heck, it even qualifies for the captains bunk bed :p )

TarJak · 10-16-06, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dantenoc

(heck, it even qualifies for the captains bunk bed :p )

What are you implying? My relationship with my radioman and sonar man are above reproach!:rotfl:

Hybris · 10-16-06, 05:42 AM

So I guess its a good Idea to have two petty officers with the uber-radio qualifcation?:hmm:

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Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why no hydrophone/sonar qualification? This has always puzzled me. Personally, I use the hydrophone a lot more than I use the radio/radar. Why is there a radio qualification and no hydrophone qualification? What exactly does the radio qualification do? Too bad you can't assign an officer to the radio/sonar room- in fact, that is the only part of the boat you CANT assign an officer. Odd...

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mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	The radio qualification increases the effectiveness of that crew stationed to that compartment, which means all activities associated with it i.e. the hydrophones. So by giving your petty officer a radio qualification, you're really giving him a radio/hydrophone/sonar/radar qualification. As far as I know, anyways. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

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Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you look closely at the F7 screen, each compartment has one icon only. So yes, they chose the lightning bolt to represent all the skills asociated with the "radio, radar, sonar and hydrophone room" (heck, it even qualifies for the captains bunk bed :p ) __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Mookie Mookie has got it right. At least in SHIII the qualifications for both are the same. I'd assume that in real life this would have been a bit of a problem as the skills and tehcnical requriements for each specialisation are very different. I can see radio and radar/radar detection being close enough but the sound tech quals would have been quite a bit different. other than the general tedium of sitting around waiting for something to happen!