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Is VLF the ONLY way to transmit and receive? I don't need to use the Wiki for that one. Just take my word as someone who's deployed on 4 subs, working in Radio/ESM that subs can transmit.

No, obviously not, but I guess it's one of the only ways of transmitting under water (20+ meters) without using the buoy radio array or whatever you call the thing attached to the cable.
 
No, they were just standing in the control area on top of the sail while running on the surface looking at Honolulu! :D Or on the sail planes on an older 688...

Yup, we used to send folks up to the bridge for emergency phone calls, as long as we were close enough to shore for a good signal from some towers.

All three of my boats were "first flight" 688's with fairwater planes on the sail. It's just weird to me to see a sail without them!
 
I work on submarines every day and your phone will not work. Well, it will function but it will not get signal. That's if you are on a real sub with an all steel hull that's up to 4" thick. If you are going on a tour sub they often have large portions of the hull that are plexiglass to allow the tourists to see the ocean so you may be able to get signal then. How about you try it and then tell us what kind of sub you go on and if it works or not.
 
Yup, we used to send folks up to the bridge for emergency phone calls, as long as we were close enough to shore for a good signal from some towers.

All three of my boats were "first flight" 688's with fairwater planes on the sail. It's just weird to me to see a sail without them!

Interesting. I was just joking, but that makes sense. To me those boats look weird, since I'm used to VIRGINIAs.
 
Internet tough guy...

You post a crazy theory and are upset I say you not I should prove your theory since its the one outside the norm and thats what passes as an internet tough guy now? Really, that is a pretty low bar. Percentage wise, how many people do you tell that there is no gold at Fort Knox agree with you vs roll their eyes and change the subject? Or are you mad now because I suggested that your believe the moon landing was a hoax, (which by the way is believed to be a hoax by a much larger percentage of people then the Fort Knox is empty story is), or do you not believe we landed on the moon, and are mad I brought it up?
 
You post a crazy theory and are upset I say you not I should prove your theory since its the one outside the norm and thats what passes as an internet tough guy now? Really, that is a pretty low bar. Percentage wise, how many people do you tell that there is no gold at Fort Knox agree with you vs roll their eyes and change the subject? Or are you mad now because I suggested that your believe the moon landing was a hoax, (which by the way is believed to be a hoax by a much larger percentage of people then the Fort Knox is empty story is), or do you not believe we landed on the moon, and are mad I brought it up?

lol...your crazy, i was just jawing...haha
 
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