just some thoughts from a newbie

[antikristuseke]

This is the way that SH3 is, especialy with GWX, first the test, then the lesson. ABut maning the flak gun while the watch crew is on dutyi s impossible as far as i know.

[Lzs von swe]

No, you can´t have have watch crew and flak crew. But you can have your WO and flak crew, that helps a lot when fighting planes.
I think that in real life they had the watch crew on the bridge at all times when the boat was on the surface, not leaving the plane spotting to the flak gunner alone.

[Canovaro]

Originally Posted by PapaG39

I have noticed that the guys on the con will say "ship spotterd" but never give the direction...or I see something about 3-4 minutes before they say anything.

Important: you can also ask the Watch officer where the closest contact is. He will give you a bearing and range quite accurately. If you ever decide to pick up manual targeting again, and i think you will, then this is a lot easier than getting range using the stadimeter in the UZO. OF course, this can only be done on the surface.

About that second part, that's kind of the fun of Silent Hunter III, that you are always a bit better than the crew, so you can leave the work to them, but it's always better to do it yourself.

Have fun!

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by PapaG39

Puster Bill...lol That's funny.. I do have an old CR3 from my flying days, but I haven't fiddled with it in 30 years. I don't think the true air speed or wind side would be of much help for sub work though...

Actually, it might, if airspeed is in knots, and there is a sine scale of some sort. You would just have to mentally move the decimal point, so 160 knots would be 16 or 1.6 knots.

For my 'unobtrusive' play, I carry a small 6" Pickett linear slide rule. All you need are the C, D, and S scales.

Now that key I could make some sense out of... I use to send 20-25 words per minute with one of those...lol about 47 years ago... heck, I can still remember the morse code clear as a "dit dit dit dah"

I still use it regularly. I was a morse interceptor in the Army, back 20+ years ago, and I never lost the urge to use it. Whenever I get on HF, 95% of the time it is CW, and I use a straight key exclusively (which freaks out the guys using bugs and paddles, when they learn I'm hangin' using a straight key).

I need to get a new driver and finals for my TS-520 though. I'm only getting about 50-60 watts out, when I should be getting 100+.

new thought though... Is is possible to have a man on the flak guy along with the regular con spotting crew? I tried to put one there, but I only got an either or situation...not both places covered at once...

I know someone answered this already, but no.

[PapaG39]

Yeah, P.B.... That's nice that you were able to stay with it. I was never very good with the bug..just couldn't get the hang of the side tap.
I had a lot of friends in Alaska back in lthe 60's that were Ham radio operators & we use to have a lot of fun conversing with people all over the world. Actually, during the Alaska earthquake on March 27 @ 5:37 pm in 1964, the Ham's were the only ones that were able to get the word out to the lower 48 because the whole state was without power... Ham's usually had their own backup power..

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by PapaG39

Yeah, P.B.... That's nice that you were able to stay with it. I was never very good with the bug..just couldn't get the hang of the side tap.
I had a lot of friends in Alaska back in lthe 60's that were Ham radio operators & we use to have a lot of fun conversing with people all over the world. Actually, during the Alaska earthquake on March 27 @ 5:37 pm in 1964, the Ham's were the only ones that were able to get the word out to the lower 48 because the whole state was without power... Ham's usually had their own backup power..

Hams are almost always the *ONLY* ones who can communicate in a real emergency.

You should go get your license. You don't need to know morse anymore for *ANY* ham radio license (but of course we encourage it).