Did the radar cook the bridge crew?

maillemaker · 02-12-12, 09:51 AM

So once the u-boat gets the nice 360-degree spinning radar antenna up on the bridge, I'm guessing it didn't put out enough power to cook the bridge crew? Or did it help keep them warm when it was cold out?

Steve

flag4 · 02-12-12, 10:05 AM

...a kind of early rotating halogen lamp..?

Synthfg · 02-12-12, 10:30 AM

What does it matter,
It's not like they are going to live long enough to have kids anyway

u crank · 02-12-12, 11:23 AM

If they start to glow in the dark it's time for a shift change!

vanjast · 02-13-12, 04:50 PM

Unless it's high on the periscope mast as with the US subs.
There is a radiation gap North and South of the antenna, but reflections are still bad!!

Hitman · 02-13-12, 05:07 PM

Quote:

If they start to glow in the dark it's time for a shift change!

They will have a future after 1945 on a cold war soviet sub

Missing Name · 02-13-12, 07:18 PM

If they got hungry, perhaps they put a piece of wurst on the antenna and had nice sizzling sausage to snack on!

Captain Nemo · 02-14-12, 03:10 AM

Out of interest I looked up the frequency that u-boat radar used and depending on the type it was either 368 or 556 MHz. When you consider that modern analogue TV transmitters in the UK broadcast at around 474 MHz at much higher power, the crew on the u-boat were quite safe from being cooked alive!

Nemo

maillemaker · 02-14-12, 03:22 PM

thanks for the serious answer, Nemo!

Steve

Fubar2Niner · 02-14-12, 03:42 PM

Hmmm...........

Waffles anyone ?

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

vanjast · 02-15-12, 04:18 AM

During WW2 it was known that a does of radar radiation on the 'privates' made one sterile for a few days. I have heard of stories of the groundstation radar crews 'getting their dose' before hitting the town for the weekend.

02-12-12, 09:51 AM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Did the radar cook the bridge crew? So once the u-boat gets the nice 360-degree spinning radar antenna up on the bridge, I'm guessing it didn't put out enough power to cook the bridge crew? Or did it help keep them warm when it was cold out? Steve

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flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...a kind of early rotating halogen lamp..? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	If they start to glow in the dark it's time for a shift change! __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	If they got hungry, perhaps they put a piece of wurst on the antenna and had nice sizzling sausage to snack on! __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

02-14-12, 03:10 AM	#8
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Out of interest I looked up the frequency that u-boat radar used and depending on the type it was either 368 or 556 MHz. When you consider that modern analogue TV transmitters in the UK broadcast at around 474 MHz at much higher power, the crew on the u-boat were quite safe from being cooked alive! Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________ Last edited by Captain Nemo; 02-15-12 at 03:20 AM.

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Synthfg Sparky Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 154 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	What does it matter, It's not like they are going to live long enough to have kids anyway

02-13-12, 04:50 PM	#5
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Unless it's high on the periscope mast as with the US subs. There is a radiation gap North and South of the antenna, but reflections are still bad!!

02-14-12, 03:22 PM	#9
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	thanks for the serious answer, Nemo! Steve

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Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Hmmm........... Waffles anyone ? Best regards. Fubar2Niner

02-15-12, 04:18 AM	#11
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	During WW2 it was known that a does of radar radiation on the 'privates' made one sterile for a few days. I have heard of stories of the groundstation radar crews 'getting their dose' before hitting the town for the weekend.