MeerCaT Posted November 5, 2017 Posted November 5, 2017 I've been playing around with the "Set Frequency" advanced waypoint action, to allow units to emit a radio beacon. It's working fine (when paired up with a "Transmit Message" action, of course) ... little too fine in fact! I'd like to set up a very weak/shot-range beacon but I'm finding that the minimum range that can be achieved (at a power of just 1 Watt) seems to be around 200 nautical miles; this covers the vast majority of the 'populated' area of the Caucasus map. Power settings of less than 1W (e.g. 0.1) don't appear to have any effect different to that of 1W (this is the minimum possible?). Terrain and buildings also having no effect on the signal of course, but we know that already. Does anyone with more experience with this have any advice? Thanks.
Flagrum Posted November 5, 2017 Posted November 5, 2017 Terrain should definately have an effect ... so this sounds like a bug? What did you use to check the range of your beacon - or rather: do you get the same results with different aircraft?
MeerCaT Posted November 5, 2017 Author Posted November 5, 2017 Ok I'll check again with different aircraft. I was in a Huey, sat behind a very big mountain about 150nm or more away from the 'beacon' transmitting at 1W power. I'll try some more places and aircraft. Cheers.
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