Hi towsim,
First of, thanks for this nice piece of software that allows my friend and I to improve the simulation quality of the DCS series.
We have been using ARIES with the Mirage 2000-C and noticed (maybe) some odd behaviors with the range limitation.
Let's consider my friend and I both in a 2000-C.
If I fly less than 40nm from him, I can clearly hear his voice with little to no interference from loss of signal energy.
However, as soon as I go further away, the background noise suddenly kicks in with no linear variation (I was expecting a gradual loss of the words over the background noise, is it correct?)
It is also independ from the radio and frequency used (VHF nor UHF)
(And it is the same for my friend, meaning it is not a problem with my configuration, I think?)
Is this behavior normal?
I know the 2000-C has an emitter power that can be adjustable beetwen 5W or 25W.
If my calculation are correct in terms of energy, with a 12dB SINAD level, we shall in theory be able to hear ourselves correclty:
- from 75nm in UHF, 150nm in VHF with 5W
- from 150nm in UHF, 250nm in VHF with 25W
So I can think that hearing the background noise starting to appear clearer at 40nm is normal in UHF set at 5W but not in VHF at 5W, is it a possible bug?
Finally, did you implement the switching capability of the 2000-C radio emission power? If not, do you conrfirm that the used value is 5W?
Thanks in advance for your answers,
and appart from that, we've been really enjoying the ride with ARIES.
Carry on on this one ;)