a bit too quiet - Page 3

Brag · 02-23-07, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by She-Wolf

hello Bigboy

I have been hanging around near Lowestoft (gotta watch out for shallows and sandbanks there it seems), and have had two targets appear on the navmap, but they fade out on the map before I get close enough to see what they are or get a direct fix on them. And then, when I did locate a ship on the sonar, it's sound suddenly disappeared and I could not locate it anywhere on the dial - now why are these strange disappearances happening I wonder?

When you get a sighting report: Take your ruler and draw a line representing the course of your possible target. Then, take the square ruler thingie and draw a course to somewhere where you think you will intercept the target. It will show the time enroute. Calculate how far the target will travel in that time period. Take your dividers and draw a circle of that distance. Adjust your course and voila, you will probably meet your target there.

TarJak · 02-24-07, 01:50 AM

You can always try the grids that run along the top of the northern coast of Scotland. I've never failed to find some loners running east or west in there. Again about 50-100 km's north of the coast is about right.

She-Wolf · 02-24-07, 06:06 AM

my, you are a clever lot. I am torn between tugging on Doenitz's sleeve and slugging it out with the 'little beaut'... I think, for a while I will stick with the IIA, simply because, in real-life I know darn well I wouldn't be doing more than scrubbing the decks, I know so little - and the learning curve is a challenge I want to rise to.

I didn't know, until yesterday that I could work the sonar myself, or that there was a shipping lane chart. I had known about asking the navigator to plot the max distance etc, but had not seen the significance of it in respect of fuel conservation. Each time I come on here you teach me a little more.

bigboywooly · 02-24-07, 08:44 AM

Tis what our life is for

Wait I mean ................ ummmm
No thats basically it

She-Wolf · 02-24-07, 10:10 AM

:rotfl:

hyperion2206 · 02-24-07, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by She-Wolf

:rotfl:

Just a short question concerning your signature: You are aware that it doesn't make any sense?:p

She-Wolf · 02-24-07, 11:31 AM

come now Mr Hyperion sir, where is your perspicacity, your grasp of the quirky? Look again - it makes PERFECT sense if you hold your mouth right when you squint at it one-eyed from beneath furrowed brows and with the sun casting muted dapples from an oblique angle behind your right shoulder! Hmph

hyperion2206 · 02-24-07, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by She-Wolf

come now Mr Hyperion sir, where is your perspicacity, your grasp of the quirky? Look again - it makes PERFECT sense if you hold your mouth right when you squint at it one-eyed from beneath furrowed brows and with the sun casting muted dapples from an oblique angle behind your right shoulder! Hmph

Oh, now I see! My bad that I didn't see it right away.:p

:rotfl:

She-Wolf · 02-24-07, 11:50 AM

aha see - just gotta hold yer mouth right. However, while we are on the subject of sigs, yours is..err. well, I can only make out the second word in morse. Guess I have to hold MY mouth right too !

Gezoes · 02-24-07, 12:00 PM

Enter morse code translator or something like that in Google...

I bet he doesn't even know morse code himself

She-Wolf · 02-24-07, 12:03 PM

perhaps my morse skills need brushing up - translator you say..hmm, could be useful!

bigboywooly · 02-24-07, 12:12 PM

:hmm:
Desperately awaiting SH4

Or so it seems

She-Wolf · 02-24-07, 12:15 PM

ahh, I thought the first word might be desperately, but I did not have exactly that - and I couldn't work out SH4. Best I could do was SHH. Dumbkopf!

bigboywooly · 02-24-07, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by She-Wolf

ahh, I thought the first word might be desperately, but I did not have exactly that - and I couldn't work out SH4. Best I could do was SHH. Dumbkopf!

Nah thats what I got too but type in Desperately awaiting SH4 and the morse comes out the same

Morts · 02-24-07, 12:18 PM

hes sig means

desperatly awaiting SH4

and if you wanna check ur self
go to wikipedia.org and type in morse code in the search

02-24-07, 06:06 AM	#33
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	my, you are a clever lot. I am torn between tugging on Doenitz's sleeve and slugging it out with the 'little beaut'... I think, for a while I will stick with the IIA, simply because, in real-life I know darn well I wouldn't be doing more than scrubbing the decks, I know so little - and the learning curve is a challenge I want to rise to. I didn't know, until yesterday that I could work the sonar myself, or that there was a shipping lane chart. I had known about asking the navigator to plot the max distance etc, but had not seen the significance of it in respect of fuel conservation. Each time I come on here you teach me a little more. __________________

02-24-07, 08:44 AM	#34
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Tis what our life is for Wait I mean ................ ummmm No thats basically it __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

02-24-07, 10:10 AM	#35
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: __________________

02-24-07, 11:31 AM	#37
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	come now Mr Hyperion sir, where is your perspicacity, your grasp of the quirky? Look again - it makes PERFECT sense if you hold your mouth right when you squint at it one-eyed from beneath furrowed brows and with the sun casting muted dapples from an oblique angle behind your right shoulder! Hmph __________________

02-24-07, 11:50 AM	#39
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	aha see - just gotta hold yer mouth right. However, while we are on the subject of sigs, yours is..err. well, I can only make out the second word in morse. Guess I have to hold MY mouth right too ! __________________

02-24-07, 01:50 AM	#32
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	You can always try the grids that run along the top of the northern coast of Scotland. I've never failed to find some loners running east or west in there. Again about 50-100 km's north of the coast is about right.

02-24-07, 12:00 PM	#40
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Enter morse code translator or something like that in Google... I bet he doesn't even know morse code himself __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

02-24-07, 12:03 PM	#41
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	perhaps my morse skills need brushing up - translator you say..hmm, could be useful! __________________

02-24-07, 12:12 PM	#42
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	:hmm: Desperately awaiting SH4 Or so it seems __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

02-24-07, 12:15 PM	#43
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	ahh, I thought the first word might be desperately, but I did not have exactly that - and I couldn't work out SH4. Best I could do was SHH. Dumbkopf! __________________

02-24-07, 12:18 PM	#45
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	hes sig means desperatly awaiting SH4 and if you wanna check ur self go to wikipedia.org and type in morse code in the search