Hornet Radio - The "S" channels

[dwm]

Yesterday I realized these are the Marine VHF channels, wanted to know if this is implemented.

After looking up the frequencies on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_VHF_radio, i placed in a mission a radio transmission on 156.8 MHz in FM.

 

And - as it should be - the Hornet listening on S 16 - which is international distress, safety and calling frequency - can receive perfectly that transmission.

Don't know if the Duplex-channels are implemented, but this can add pretty cool to immersion when a mission implements a ship calling Mayday on the correct frequency :)

Tnx ED - this is pretty cool :)

 

[LTRMcrew]

Cool observation!

[dorianR666]

nice

[Fri13]

Cool feature then.... Hopefully we would then get more of a civilian boats and ships, that could get in the distress (engine troubles, losing a anchor, sails, mast etc) and it could be used to check out things, especially for COIN missions.

[Swift.]

These work, at least partially, in SRS. Just FYI

[Fri13]

8 hours ago, Swiftwin9s said:

These work, at least partially, in SRS. Just FYI

 

But SRS is a third party VoIP system, that shouldn't be required. Yes, time has come that SRS should be put "aside" as a necessity for multiplayer. As it is a response to DCS World bad radio systems and lack of own VoIP system. Both are under development, radios gets better and communication methods between player and AI. But as well ED needs to make the radio system working for anyways for everything that is related to radios (radars, RWR, beacons, communications etc). And developing a on VoIP system that use those DCS World radio systems is just a evolution for it.

 

While SRS is nice between players, it is not capable to perform the functions that DCS World requires, the AI chatter. Like we do not have even so simple automatic thing as self-awareness on AI units, meaning that they do not try to preserve themselves and avoid getting destroyed, using various tactics and methods everyone gets in their basic training in unit.

 

Like, having a civilian ships and boats going on the sea and calling in at emergency situations. There is a great opportunity to have example Mi-8 or some other upcoming helicopter as a Coast Guard missions and going out to rescue people from civilian ships in storm etc. As laws at sea, everyone needs to respond to emergency call. So even military helicopters would be there performing their responsibilities to rescue people.

 

So considering possible mission where middle of the combat patrol one is commanded to participate and assist in search and rescue mission, without requiring to script all but have it happen by using DCS own AI logic etc. SRS can't offer anything for that really.