1941 career and I have a radar antenna?!?!? GWX 1.03

nativetexan · 04-03-07, 10:33 PM

Go here http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/GWX/ and scroll down to the Optional Mods and get the Lowered DF antenna mod.

Morts · 04-04-07, 01:06 AM

its a Radio Direction Finder

Laffertytig · 04-04-07, 01:37 AM

i pretty certain uboats never had this device in 1941, wasnt it until late 42 or early 43 they where equiped with this?

Alyebard · 04-04-07, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Laffertytig

i pretty certain uboats never had this device in 1941, wasnt it until late 42 or early 43 they where equiped with this?

The Radio Direction Finder was a pre-war equipment, IMHO i think all uboats had it during all the war, a interesting article on uboat.net
http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=51

Laffertytig · 04-04-07, 02:09 AM

thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

robbo180265 · 04-04-07, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Laffertytig

thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

As Alyebard said, it's not Radar - it's a radio direction finder.

Use the link matey

Vacillator · 04-04-07, 03:28 AM

As said above there's a mod to lower the antenna. However, my JSME is showing that it's installed but I still have the antenna up on my VIIB. Perhaps I'll try a re-install of the mod, if not I'll just live with it.

joea · 04-04-07, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Laffertytig

thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

Radio not radar it was to pick up radio transmissions. Also, radar can't be used to detect radar...but a radar detector can.

04-03-07, 10:33 PM	#1
nativetexan Watch Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Texas, USA Posts: 26 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Go here http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/GWX/ and scroll down to the Optional Mods and get the Lowered DF antenna mod.

04-04-07, 01:06 AM	#2
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	its a Radio Direction Finder

04-04-07, 01:37 AM	#3
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	i pretty certain uboats never had this device in 1941, wasnt it until late 42 or early 43 they where equiped with this?

04-04-07, 02:09 AM	#5
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

04-04-07, 03:28 AM	#7
Vacillator Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 307 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As said above there's a mod to lower the antenna. However, my JSME is showing that it's installed but I still have the antenna up on my VIIB. Perhaps I'll try a re-install of the mod, if not I'll just live with it.