How do you estimate range using hydrophone only?

Weisia · 05-05-10, 06:50 AM

Hi,

After installing Hitman's GUI it was time for me to switch auto targeting for manual targeting.

I already sunk some lone merchants using visual to estimate the course etc. of the target. Now I am somewhere near AM51 and I got a contact report of a convoy. Plotted and rought intercept course and the convoy is now within hydrophone range (although it seems like the convoy did change its course). Because of the bad visibility and stormy weather I want to plot the course of the convoy using the hydrophone. But the only information available is the bearing and general direction (closing/moving away etc.).

Are there any guides explaining how to estimate the general course of a convoy (or singe target) using hydrophone only. I already had a look into raduz's hydrophone tutorial. But this tutorial uses some elements that weren't available to the real u-boat commander. So I don't want to use it.

05-05-10, 06:50 AM	#1
Weisia A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 71 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	How do you estimate range using hydrophone only? Hi, After installing Hitman's GUI it was time for me to switch auto targeting for manual targeting. I already sunk some lone merchants using visual to estimate the course etc. of the target. Now I am somewhere near AM51 and I got a contact report of a convoy. Plotted and rought intercept course and the convoy is now within hydrophone range (although it seems like the convoy did change its course). Because of the bad visibility and stormy weather I want to plot the course of the convoy using the hydrophone. But the only information available is the bearing and general direction (closing/moving away etc.). Are there any guides explaining how to estimate the general course of a convoy (or singe target) using hydrophone only. I already had a look into raduz's hydrophone tutorial. But this tutorial uses some elements that weren't available to the real u-boat commander. So I don't want to use it.