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?

NorthBeach · 05-11-10, 08:58 PM

That would be Bernard on duty at Sonar. Got a dear Bernie letter from his gal a while back. Now he nips at the Torpedo Juice from time to time. Keeps mumbling about, "that Ethel Pumper at the Flying A station". Drives my XO nuts. I just go have a listen for myself...

magic452 · 05-12-10, 12:18 AM

One other thing that will give you this is if you ask to follow nearest contact with the scope up and have visual on the contact. Put the scope down and ask and it will work even after you put the scope back up.

Magic

Admiral8Q · 05-12-10, 01:31 AM

Chub, could you be more specific of your situation? Please?

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: 19,369 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.

05-11-10, 08:58 PM	#7
NorthBeach Torpedoman Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 112 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	That would be Bernard on duty at Sonar. Got a dear Bernie letter from his gal a while back. Now he nips at the Torpedo Juice from time to time. Keeps mumbling about, "that Ethel Pumper at the Flying A station". Drives my XO nuts. I just go have a listen for myself...

05-12-10, 12:18 AM	#8
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	One other thing that will give you this is if you ask to follow nearest contact with the scope up and have visual on the contact. Put the scope down and ask and it will work even after you put the scope back up. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

05-12-10, 01:31 AM	#9
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Chub, could you be more specific of your situation? Please? __________________