Radar Question!

Palpastein · 05-13-08, 02:57 PM

I click on my radio man and 3 icons show up, but i cant seem to do anything with them. I assume i must be surfaced to use the radar. One icon is 1 sweep, another is continuous sweep and the last icon is radar off. I am using the latest patch and i am not using any mods. I can use the hydrophone/sonar manually once i`m submerged. Any ideas on what might be wrong? Thanks in advance!!

Jimbuna · 05-13-08, 03:04 PM

Have you upgraded and actually got radar fitted ?

What year are you currently in ?

Welcome aboard BTW

Palpastein · 05-13-08, 03:26 PM

I`m in a Type VII-B sub and i have upgraded from GHG to the KDB system. I`m currently in Dec 24 of 1939. I`m kind of new to this game too.

Jimbuna · 05-13-08, 03:58 PM

I think your getting the sonar and radar mixed up matey.....your referring to sonar

HW3 · 05-14-08, 05:43 AM

KDB is actually a type of hydrophone, not radar.

05-14-08, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Palpastein

I`m in a Type VII-B sub and i have upgraded from GHG to the KDB system. I`m currently in Dec 24 of 1939. I`m kind of new to this game too.

Radar is NOT available until approximately 1942 or 1943. And even then it's not worth using. In clear weather, lookouts can spot ships farther away than radar. In nasty weather, the waves had a terrible effect on its use. Plus, your use of radar will give you away to your enemies. The Germans were way behind the British in development of radar.

Radar detection (the Biscay Cross) will be available before radar. This will be worth having! It is a must have!

danurve · 05-14-08, 09:34 AM

x2 on the radar detection. Past `42 Biscay is nutzo.

Red Heat · 05-14-08, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palpastein

I`m in a Type VII-B sub and i have upgraded from GHG to the KDB system. I`m currently in Dec 24 of 1939. I`m kind of new to this game too.

Welcome aboard!

Tessa · 05-15-08, 08:48 AM

Radar's just a really bad choice overall, even in the later years. Sure it can help you find other ships/planes; but makes you even easier to spot whenever you've got it on. Your watch crew and sonar do a lot better job of spotting targets/hazards that don't give your position away in the process.

von hally · 05-15-08, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by von Zelda

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palpastein

I`m in a Type VII-B sub and i have upgraded from GHG to the KDB system. I`m currently in Dec 24 of 1939. I`m kind of new to this game too.

Radar is NOT available until approximately 1942 or 1943. And even then it's not worth using. In clear weather, lookouts can spot ships farther away than radar. In nasty weather, the waves had a terrible effect on its use. Plus, your use of radar will give you away to your enemies. The Germans were way behind the British in development of radar.

Radar detection (the Biscay Cross) will be available before radar. This will be worth having! It is a must have!

listen to von zelda mate

and besides the bloody thing goes off all the time knocking you out of t/c....when in fact the enemy dd or escort hasn't detected you!! its miles away.....i wont be installing it when it becomes available

05-13-08, 02:57 PM	#1
Palpastein Nub Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Radar Question! I click on my radio man and 3 icons show up, but i cant seem to do anything with them. I assume i must be surfaced to use the radar. One icon is 1 sweep, another is continuous sweep and the last icon is radar off. I am using the latest patch and i am not using any mods. I can use the hydrophone/sonar manually once i`m submerged. Any ideas on what might be wrong? Thanks in advance!!

05-13-08, 03:04 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Have you upgraded and actually got radar fitted ? What year are you currently in ? Welcome aboard BTW __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-13-08, 03:26 PM	#3
Palpastein Nub Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Radar! I`m in a Type VII-B sub and i have upgraded from GHG to the KDB system. I`m currently in Dec 24 of 1939. I`m kind of new to this game too.

05-13-08, 03:58 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I think your getting the sonar and radar mixed up matey.....your referring to sonar __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-08, 05:43 AM	#5
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	KDB is actually a type of hydrophone, not radar. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

05-14-08, 09:34 AM	#7
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	x2 on the radar detection. Past `42 Biscay is nutzo. __________________

05-15-08, 08:48 AM	#9
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Radar's just a really bad choice overall, even in the later years. Sure it can help you find other ships/planes; but makes you even easier to spot whenever you've got it on. Your watch crew and sonar do a lot better job of spotting targets/hazards that don't give your position away in the process.