HoneyViper Posted August 31, 2020 Posted August 31, 2020 I'm running the 1989 Alert 5 mission with Easy Comms turned off. According to the mission brief the AWACS (Wizard) is on Chan 2 (264). I've set Comms 1 to that channel and ask the AWACS for bogey dope, but not getting a response. I tried it on Comms 2 and also did a manual input also. When I turn Easy Comms back on and ask the AWACS for bogey dope, he's appearing on manual freq 251. Turn Easy Comms back off again and manually tune one of the radios to 251, low and behold Wizard is talking to me again. Not sure what's going on here - a problem with the info in the briefing or something that I'm not understanding about the Hornet comms setup?
DeathAngel1 Posted August 31, 2020 Posted August 31, 2020 Sorry for the question, but what are "Alert" modes? Can someone explain? Thanks :) ..:NAVY PILOTS ARE THE THE BEST PILOTS:..
Tholozor Posted August 31, 2020 Posted August 31, 2020 'Alert 5' (or sometimes 'Ready 5') is a tasking for aircraft on a carrier to be ready to launch within 5 minutes, generally for CAP or something for defending the carrier group. REAPER 51 | Tholozor VFA-136 (c.2007): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305981/ Arleigh Burke Destroyer Pack (2020): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313752/
Bunny Clark Posted September 1, 2020 Posted September 1, 2020 Are you using the Com 1 and Com 2 transmit buttons? With easy comms turned off, you need to hit the appropriate radio transmit button, and the easy com radio button is only used to communicate with ground crew with the aircraft powered off. Oil In The Water Hornet Campaign. Bunny's: Form-Fillable Controller Layout PDFs | HOTAS Kneeboards | Checklist Kneeboards
HoneyViper Posted September 1, 2020 Author Posted September 1, 2020 Are you using the Com 1 and Com 2 transmit buttons? With easy comms turned off, you need to hit the appropriate radio transmit button, and the easy com radio button is only used to communicate with ground crew with the aircraft powered off. I have RAlt + \ for (Comm 1) and RCtl + \ (Comm 2) mapped to two HOTAS switches, so when I push either the radio options come appear and I click to the friendly I want to communicate with. I think it might be a mistake in the briefing notes for the 'Mission' version of 1989 Alert 5. When I click on the E-2 in Mission Planner it says frequency 251. In fact all the aircraft are on 251. But the briefing says Player Flight on 305 and AWACS / Strike Package on 264. In contrast, when you open the Hornet 1989 Campaign and fly the first mission, which is the same 1989 Alert 5, the frequency for the AWACS in the briefing notes matches the one for the E-2 in the mission editor, ie 264.
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