Naval Heading and Bearing?

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by boatman61

If memory serves me well.. and its been over 40yrs now.. when I picked up an definite echo I gave a bearing relative to the ships heading.. then guided the skipper in by dancing across the target from left to right and back again when I got a 'dead' transmission.. and the Range Finder would give our closing speed/distance..
I imagine things have moved forward a lot in the Royal since then

Boatie had an illustrious career in the Navy

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Boatie had an illustrious career in the Navy

LMAO... More like 'Infamous'.. and I was a 'Lower Decker'.. blue shirt no peak on the cap...
A Lot quieter these days...

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by Teknav

... Common chatter, seen in Hollywood films, is not allowed when communicating with Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC). Two-way communications are very brief and to the point. ....

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

various you tube recordings of ATC chatter would seriously suggest otherwise, Not to mention when ( I Think ) American that allowed you to listen to pilots VHF chatter, I remember chatter about hockey scores, stock markets, girlfriends and "the big game"

humans are humans everywhere.
Dave

Ya both right
But Dave is more right 'cause "humans are humans everywhere"

When things are quiet and ATC is bored, they will chat and also ignore occasional "inter-pilot" chat and when things are busy and workload is high, transmissions become "very brief and to the point".

Perhaps it's the same on the bridge??????

[Lepke]

Former Navy...
After gyro compasses became standard in navies, almost everything is given in true and a 3 digit number, i.e. 030, etc.
Some navies had red/green zones for reporting contacts.
Lepke

[svmariane]

Originally Posted by Lepke

Former Navy...
After gyro compasses became standard in navies, almost everything is given in true and a 3 digit number, i.e. 030, etc.
Some navies had red/green zones for reporting contacts.
Lepke

The Austrian Navy - yes, there really is one today - uses relative bearings. But since they only operate on the Danube River it's pretty simple: "Up river starboard" or "Downriver starboard".

Doesn't add to the definitive answers but I thought it humorous.

[Andrew Troup]

Originally Posted by OldFrog75

In the Navy (or Hollywood movies) when a sonar engineer or navigator mentions a course heading or bearing, is it magnetic or true?

Nothing in Hollywood movies is true.

Ever.

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by Andrew Troup

Nothing in Hollywood movies is true.

Ever.

You mean Batman isn't real, I'm devastated

Dave

[CaptTom]

Magnetic variation changes from place to place, so you can't plot a long course in compass. Thus true is used for long-range navigation.