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Old 01-06-2011, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Hogey View Post
I created a map in the Hawaii area, included japanese and american carriers and destroyers, as well as Radio Honolulu.
The japanese a/c (A6M2-21 and D3A1) can home in on the japanese carriers NDB and Radio Honolulu (just noise, but no radio transmissions due to distance).
The american a/c (F4F-3 and SBD-3) based on carriers do not get any ship based radio nav beacons, only Radio Honolulu (just noise, but no radio transmissions due to distance).
That's right. The Japanese carriers have NDB but the Americans have the YE system as per the 4.10m documentation. The YE system works perfectly.