[TEC] How much was radar affected by bad weather?

louist · 08-28-07, 01:12 PM

Great thread. I have never made it past mid war, but feel somewhat that using the radar is cheating, as it gives such accurate range and bearing information, without any Japanese equivalent. I imagined that such early radars would be far less reliable and nearly useless when the targets were near land, etc. There should be numerous false/spurious images and blobs where there is land . . . . Wish there were some way to model it, I guess I will stop using the scopes personally and wait for the radar operator to make their occasional report.

08-28-07, 01:12 PM	#6
louist Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Great thread. I have never made it past mid war, but feel somewhat that using the radar is cheating, as it gives such accurate range and bearing information, without any Japanese equivalent. I imagined that such early radars would be far less reliable and nearly useless when the targets were near land, etc. There should be numerous false/spurious images and blobs where there is land . . . . Wish there were some way to model it, I guess I will stop using the scopes personally and wait for the radar operator to make their occasional report.