Known radio issue?

[Fizzle]

I already mentioned this here but I'm hoping someone in this forum has an idea what's going on.

 

If you take one of the existing A-10C missions (I've been trying Smerch Hunt) and change the player flight to A-10C IIs, (no other changes) all radio communications stop working. You can't reach the tower for departure, wingman, or JTAC.

 

I'm fairly confident I'm actually using the radios correctly as they all seem to work in the original A-10C. I'm playing with easy communications off.

 

Is there a known issue with the A-10C radios? Is there something else that needs adjusting in the mission? Is there something else I've foolishly overlooked?

 

Thanks!

[MadDog-IC]

I grabbed the old smerch hunt mission from the A-10c single files section, changed the aircraft to A-10c_2 and tested radios on DCS 2.5.6 OB.

 

So long as you have followed the startup tutorials method to the point of:

1. Battery on
   
2. Have the APU spun up and running and the APU Gen switch on as well, the radios will work.
   
3. Change the Top radio to 141.000mhz for Beslan ATC and have TR mode turned on. (Use mic forward for VHF AM to send radio command to ATC).
   
4. The Middle UHF AM radio is already correct at 251.000mhz but must have the selector to MAN. (Use mic down for CB AM to send radio command to wingman)
   
5. The Bottom VHF FM radio is already set to 30.00mhz but must have TR mode turned on. (Use MIC aft for VHF FM to send radio command to JTAC).
   

Both A-10c and A-10c_2 work the same for me in that mission, just did a quick test to get the startup permission from the ATC, Talked to JTAC to get a target and send a RTB command to Wingman.

 

So I am not sure what your doing wrong, usually suspect is that radio's are on the wrong frequency or that you might not be using the 3 different radio commands for transmission to different radios under real radio mode. (LShift + Num-, LAlt + Num-, LShift + Num+, LAlt + Num+).

 

Regards, Ian.

Edited October 21, 2020 by MadDog-IC

[hornblower793]

If the call sign for the A10C II is set to one of the 'pig' series it might be worth changing it to either a weapon or a car marque. This has solved the issue for Vaicom users so might do the same for you

[Chops]

I am also having problems with radio communications and some cockpit sounds when flying the A-10C and A-10C II. I am unable to hear my pilot voice when contacting JTAC and the JTAC never responds. I have tested this on different maps, and as I mentioned in both A-10's. When flying the F/A-18C the communications seem to work normally when communicating with JTAC.

 

When doing the A-10C II IFFCC test, the audible sounds (female voice) are not present either.

 

All of the flights where I have encountered these issues have been missions that I created, and have flown within the mission editor.

[Fizzle]

If the call sign for the A10C II is set to one of the 'pig' series it might be worth changing it to either a weapon or a car marque. This has solved the issue for Vaicom users so might do the same for you

 

That was it, thank you! Changing from Tusk to Colt made radios behave normally. I thought I'd taken Vaicom out of the equation by simply not using it, but obviously that wasn't sufficient.

 

Now if only the AI wingman would actually take off...

[Alleluia]

This bug is in the module for many years :music_whistling:

Edited October 22, 2020 by Alleluia

[hornblower793]

Now if only the AI wingman would actually take off...

Not sure I can solve that one....:megalol: