Questions, questions & more questions..

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Rangoon

This is good to know. I have always been very careful about using it since I read it broadcasts your position. Nice to know it's safe to use. I assume this applies even to ships actively hunting you?

That's true, but in real life it did, so I always play as if they could hear me.

Originally Posted by Dissaray

As far as I konw the ping sound is just for the player's gratification. I belive it even playes the sound if you don't have an active sonar installed on your boat.

Originally Posted by Rangoon

It plays on the Type IIa for sure. If that thing has an active sonar, I have yet to find it.

All true, but active sonar couldn't be used for bottom-sounding anyway, as on surface ships it only aims down about 45 degrees and on submarines not at all. Why aim down when all the targets are above you?

What they all did have is a device called the Atlas-Echelot. This was a specific sonar machine pointed straight down and was only for bottom-sounding.

Next time you're in the SH3 control room right-click on the Navigator and you'll see it above the Nav Chart table. You can even push the button and read it yourself.