SD Radar

Slick Wilhelm · 03-14-08, 09:13 AM

Is SD radar automagically activated when you raise the antenna? If not, how do I turn it on?

howler93 · 03-14-08, 09:17 AM

SD is always on, raised or not. Of course you'll need to raise it if you're at periscope depth. Quite reliable.

Good hunting,
Howler

Slick Wilhelm · 03-14-08, 09:44 AM

Thanks, Howler. S!

Rockin Robbins · 03-14-08, 10:49 AM

How's that work? How do you raise it? You're talking at periscope depth?:p Cool!

You never know when you're about to learn something!

DavyJonesFootlocker · 03-14-08, 10:54 AM

I think I'm gonna lash RR to a Mk.10 Torpedo and shoot him out of tube 3.

What? Whaddya mean he's stuck?

Yep, me like SD radar. Worse thing to do is surface and eyeballing a Betty.

Rockin Robbins · 03-14-08, 11:04 AM

My normal tactic for avoiding planes is yo-yoing. I'm on the surface 100% of the possible time cruising at 10 knots. When radar detects a plane I submerge so that I am at or below periscope depth before he enters a 5 mile diameter perimeter around my boat.

I stay at 100' for 5 minutes and come to radar depth. This isn't enough time for a previously unseen plane to enter my danger area. When I get the radar all-clear, I surface and continue as before. But if I knew how to extend that antenna from periscope depth, I could eliminate even the minimal exposure of the top of the conning tower while I get the all-clear.

Also if I had to stay down more than eight or ten minutes and lost a valid environment "picture" I could regain combat awareness with less exposure.

So how do you raise the SD antenna when at periscope depth?

howler93 · 03-14-08, 11:10 AM

I'm not entirely sure if the telescoping SD radar is a TM addition or not...think it is. If you're using TM, you can raise the SD by pushing the radar hotbutton on the toolbar. I think it's the last box on the toolbar, which looks greyed out, but it works!

Cheers

Howler

Quillan · 03-14-08, 11:12 AM

Assuming you're using Trigger Maru, it's the unmarked button at the far right of the radar controls at the bottom of your screen. I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut for it.

Midnight Hunter · 03-14-08, 11:13 AM

I too would love to know this.. although even if I could do this my sonar man is useless, I get the aircraft alerts almost the same time I get damage reports from the bombs hitting me

heheh you guys are great.. thanks for the info (seeing as how you beat my post by seconds lol)

M. Sarsfield · 03-14-08, 11:14 AM

Quote:

I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut for it.

Keyboard: T

A while ago someone created a keyboard template for TM and posted it in the Mods forum.

LukeFF · 03-14-08, 03:20 PM

Raising the SD (and SV) radar antenna will be a feature of the next RFB release.

Anvart · 03-14-08, 03:59 PM

:rotfl:
I think, you can read ...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=127815
and
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=127907
And what about ethics ...

Rockin Robbins · 03-15-08, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

Quote:

I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut for it.

Keyboard: T

A while ago someone created a keyboard template for TM and posted it in the Mods forum.

It was me.

M. Sarsfield · 03-16-08, 12:43 PM

Sorry, RR. I try to give credit where credit is due, but with so many wonderful mods, I lose track of who does what.

03-14-08, 09:13 AM	#1
Slick Wilhelm Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	SD Radar Is SD radar automagically activated when you raise the antenna? If not, how do I turn it on? __________________ "Nein! I did not have sex with that fraulein"

03-14-08, 09:44 AM	#3
Slick Wilhelm Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Howler. S! __________________ "Nein! I did not have sex with that fraulein"

03-14-08, 10:49 AM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Raise the antenna? How's that work? How do you raise it? You're talking at periscope depth?:p Cool! You never know when you're about to learn something! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

03-14-08, 10:54 AM	#5
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	I think I'm gonna lash RR to a Mk.10 Torpedo and shoot him out of tube 3. What? Whaddya mean he's stuck? Yep, me like SD radar. Worse thing to do is surface and eyeballing a Betty. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

03-14-08, 11:04 AM	#6
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Works with my strategy My normal tactic for avoiding planes is yo-yoing. I'm on the surface 100% of the possible time cruising at 10 knots. When radar detects a plane I submerge so that I am at or below periscope depth before he enters a 5 mile diameter perimeter around my boat. I stay at 100' for 5 minutes and come to radar depth. This isn't enough time for a previously unseen plane to enter my danger area. When I get the radar all-clear, I surface and continue as before. But if I knew how to extend that antenna from periscope depth, I could eliminate even the minimal exposure of the top of the conning tower while I get the all-clear. Also if I had to stay down more than eight or ten minutes and lost a valid environment "picture" I could regain combat awareness with less exposure. So how do you raise the SD antenna when at periscope depth? __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

03-14-08, 09:17 AM	#2
howler93 Medic Join Date: May 2007 Location: Telluride, Colorado Posts: 162 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	SD is always on, raised or not. Of course you'll need to raise it if you're at periscope depth. Quite reliable. Good hunting, Howler

03-14-08, 11:10 AM	#7
howler93 Medic Join Date: May 2007 Location: Telluride, Colorado Posts: 162 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I'm not entirely sure if the telescoping SD radar is a TM addition or not...think it is. If you're using TM, you can raise the SD by pushing the radar hotbutton on the toolbar. I think it's the last box on the toolbar, which looks greyed out, but it works! Cheers Howler

03-14-08, 11:12 AM	#8
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Assuming you're using Trigger Maru, it's the unmarked button at the far right of the radar controls at the bottom of your screen. I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut for it. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

03-14-08, 11:13 AM	#9
Midnight Hunter Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 56 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I too would love to know this.. although even if I could do this my sonar man is useless, I get the aircraft alerts almost the same time I get damage reports from the bombs hitting me heheh you guys are great.. thanks for the info (seeing as how you beat my post by seconds lol)

03-14-08, 03:20 PM	#11
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Raising the SD (and SV) radar antenna will be a feature of the next RFB release. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

03-14-08, 03:59 PM	#12
Anvart Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Russia ® Posts: 2,492 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 1	:rotfl: I think, you can read ... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=127815 and http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=127907 And what about ethics ... __________________ Alex ® Moses said: "Don't create yourself an idol"... Last edited by Anvart; 03-14-08 at 04:15 PM.

03-16-08, 12:43 PM	#14
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry, RR. I try to give credit where credit is due, but with so many wonderful mods, I lose track of who does what. __________________ MJS USS Batfish Volunteer/Reenactor www.ss310.com www.ussbatfish.com Communism killed over 100M people and all that I got was this lousy signature.* *http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM