AG-51_Razor Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Has anybody noticed this recently? I have a KC-135 and a KC-135MPRS set up in a mission on the PG map and all I am receiving is a bearing and their identifier. I will try to attach the mission down below.In Under the Wire.miz [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Rowan Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Are you using X band or Y band? I setup a mission with all the tankers and all the AAR planes and they all seem to behave the same, won't pick up range on the Y band only on the X band even though the tankers are set on Y. Wasn't sure if this was just me. Note: I have not tested this extensively, so I may have done something wrong and not noticed it.
AG-51_Razor Posted January 26, 2020 Author Posted January 26, 2020 I normally assign the Y band to all of the tankers in my missions just to avoid confusion. I am going to do some more testing on other maps to see if this is DCS wide or just specific to the PF map or if it is just my own clumsy mission making causing the problem. :doh: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
AG-51_Razor Posted January 26, 2020 Author Posted January 26, 2020 I've done some testing and found some interesting anomalies (sp?). First of all, when changing the band on the MPRS in this mission, it showed up just exactly as it should but the really weird thing is, the straight -135 was working normally with the Y band, whereas before it wasn't. Both tankers in the ME were set to X and they worked normally. I next fired up my server with the original mission I had run last night (with both tankers set to the Y band) and they would not give any distance or time info BUT.....after changing my Tacan channel from the Y to X band in game, they both worked normally!! Just to be clear, this practice of using the Y band for tankers, specifically channels 17, 18 and 19, has been in place for quite some time so whatever is going on here is a very recent development. Another squad mate of mine is reporting similar experiences with some of his missions. I tried one made on the Caucus map and found the same issue. This time, I noticed the same symtom, a bearing and ID but non distance or time so I just switched my Tacan band in the UFC to X and the info came up just like it should. VERY odd. :doh: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
HILOK Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 same here with the VIPER on NTTR. tried a couple of Y channels: no range info. X-band works though. maybe there are some restrictions or channel/band combinations that don't work and i don't know of... ....after changing my Tacan channel from the Y to X band in game, they both worked normally!! this though sounds like a bug to me. cheers hilok
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