BritTorrent Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi all, Quick question regarding Mi-8 comms. How can we set it up so we can easily communicate between two parties? As far as I can see, the two radios that are setup for two-way external communications are the R-863 and the YaDRO-1A. The trouble is I don't see a way to communicate on one radio whilst monitoring the other radio. Ideally I'd like to have the YaDRO-1A setup for inter-flight comms and the R-863 for communicating with external frequencies like the tower and other flights. But as far as I'm aware, if you change the rotary selector on the SPU-7 to one radio or the other, it stops monitoring the other radio. So for example, if I wanted to get a brief from some ground troops about a CAS mission, and then relay that brief to my wingman, I'd have to speak to the ground controller on the R-863 and then switch to the YaDRO to tell my wingman. Obviously whilst I'm on the radio to one party, the other party can't communicate with me. Is there a way around this that I'm missing? Or is this just a limitation of the airframe? Does anybody have any ideas how they'd have got around this limitation in real life, or would it entail both members of the flight switching frequency to remain up to date with information. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 The Mi8 also has the R-828 VHF FM radio. as with monitoring the different assets, I use SRS within our wing and it enbles you to set a certain radio to a certain ear. I usually have R863 on Left, R828 on Right ear and Yadro on both ears. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commodore 64 | MOS6510 | VIC-II | SID6581 | DD 1541 | KCS Power Cartridge | 64Kb | 32Kb external | Arcade Turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTorrent Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 And you can listen in on all three radios even if the selector switch is set to one radio or the other? When you want to transmit on another radio do you have to manually switch it over? Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cibit Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 You have to select the correct radio on the rotary to be able to transmit over it :) i5 8600k@5.2Ghz, Asus Prime A Z370, 32Gb DDR4 3000, GTX1080 SC, Oculus Rift CV1, Modded TM Warthog Modded X52 Collective, Jetseat, W10 Pro 64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Adding JTAC Guide //My Vid's//229th AHB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 With Simple Radio set up a hat switch to to select radio and serve as your PTT simultaneously. A Co, 229th AHB, 1st Cav Div ASUS Prime Z370-A MB, Intel Core i7 8700K 5.0GHz OC'd, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, Win 10 Samsung 65" 4K Curved Display (Oculus Rift occaisionally), Track IR5, VoiceAttack, Baur's BRD-N Cyclic base/Virpil T-50CM Grip, UH-1h Collective by Microhelis & OE-XAM Pedals. JetSeat & SimShaker for Aviators. JUST CHOPPERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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