My hydrophone operator is not pulling his weight...

MonkeyHero · 08-08-05, 03:18 PM

I've found that if I set my sonarman to track nearest sound or warship sound contact he'll always lose things around 180 bearing. However if I manually take control of the hydrophones and keep them pointed back there and track the target myself the sonarman will continue to give me updates on the targets bearing, speed, and movement in relation to me.

I like to listen myself so I can hear when a DD starts its attack run, but the sonarman is nice to have because I can't tell whether a ship is coming toward me or moving away.

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08-08-05, 03:18 PM	#1
MonkeyHero Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 44 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've found that if I set my sonarman to track nearest sound or warship sound contact he'll always lose things around 180 bearing. However if I manually take control of the hydrophones and keep them pointed back there and track the target myself the sonarman will continue to give me updates on the targets bearing, speed, and movement in relation to me. I like to listen myself so I can hear when a DD starts its attack run, but the sonarman is nice to have because I can't tell whether a ship is coming toward me or moving away.