Hydrophone performance on surface question

Clacker · 09-01-05, 10:29 PM

Hi All,

Now that I've turned map updates off, I'm using the hydrphone to hunt.
Often I cut diesels and listen on the surface. I can hear contacts this way. Will performance be improved sub-surface as in RL and if so, does depth matter much?

Twice I've steamed into a destoyer net mistaking their sounds for merchants :-)

Thanks
Clacks

urseus · 09-01-05, 10:35 PM

The later Hydrophones you cant use when on the surface. You have to dive for them to work because they are on the top of your boat.

09-01-05, 10:29 PM	#1
Clacker Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 29 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Hydrophone performance on surface question Hi All, Now that I've turned map updates off, I'm using the hydrphone to hunt. Often I cut diesels and listen on the surface. I can hear contacts this way. Will performance be improved sub-surface as in RL and if so, does depth matter much? Twice I've steamed into a destoyer net mistaking their sounds for merchants :-) Thanks Clacks

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09-01-05, 10:35 PM	#2
urseus Helmsman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 105 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The later Hydrophones you cant use when on the surface. You have to dive for them to work because they are on the top of your boat.