Do you keep your RADAR on?

[Stealhead]

If it is pinpoint directional I vote that it be changed because it is not accurate the way it is.Like has been said they only knew "Oh somewhere out there is radar where ever shall we being to look?" not "Ah ha the radar is coming from there!"

I am no expert but I'd say that radar range would have to be much farther than anything detecting it would be the device would have to be inside the waves to know that waves where even preset after all.

[Rockin Robbins]

It's clear from Joe Enright's book Shinano that he knew they could detect his signal and knew very well that they could have no idea where it was coming from in 1944. The way the battle played out proved that fact.

In the event, the Japanese admiral detected the signal, took it to be a brazen signal that there was a wolfpack out there and acted accordingly, turning neatly in front of Archerfish, which was up to that point maneuvered completely out of any possible attack, and ensuring the demise of his carrier. Had he had any directional capability at all he could have vectored in his three destroyers and chewed up Archerfish like a pack of dogs on a milk bone.

[Armistead]

We know they had no true directional detection in reality....we're talking game wise, sure seems they do to me.

It's strange they head right to your position on a dime from over 12 nm's away, changing course as quickly as you do. How to know if it's surface radar or if they're detecting your radar is beyond me, just that I can turn my radar off and usually they will turn back.

With TMO in a storm I've had many a escort run right up my arse, so with TMO their surface radar is rather perfect.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Even though some USN Captains (quite renowned ones too) may have mistakenly believed that the Japanese had radar detection capabilities, whether by sheer coincidence or rampant scuttlebutt, the facts point to the contrary. I have done some extensive research on this subject and, despite some (probably) overexaggerated claims made by one Japanese officer during postwar interrogations, the facts disprove these claims/beliefs. The most comprehensive book I've seen so far on the subject of WWII Radar, "A Radar History of World War II: Technical and Military Imperatives -Louis Brown", indicates clearly that the Japanese just did not have that capability.
That aside, I keep my radar on at all times, without exception.

[Barkhorn1x]

Armistead's point, once again, is that (history aside) the IJN sure seem to have DF capabilities in the game. I use TMO and I concur w/ his assessment.

[Diopos]

I can't recall where I read it but it seemed that radars used by the two navies signaled at similar wavelengths so there was a possibility of "receiving" enemy signals on the same receiver with your own. "Radar detection" by accident ... Can anyone more knowledgeable verify this (or is my mind playing tricks )?



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[razark]

Originally Posted by Diopos

I can't recall where I read it but it seemed that radars used by the two navies signaled at similar wavelengths so there was a possibility of "receiving" enemy signals on the same receiver with your own. "Radar detection" by accident ... Can anyone more knowledgeable verify this (or is my mind playing tricks )?

I remember reading about the Batfish and the sinking of three Japanese subs. The Batfish was getting a strange effect on their radar, which someone recognized as interference from another radar transmitting on nearly the same frequency. The fact that a small vessel was carrying an advanced, expensive piece of equipment is what triggered the realization they were facing a submarine. They used the radar carefully afterward to avoid giving themselves away.

The next night, the same radar effect, and another sunk sub. And again two nights later.