bonesvf103 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 When selecting an airbase on a map it usually has multiple ATC freqs listed. I've had incidents where I tuned in on one of those freqs it didn't work, but if I tuned into the other listed one, is does. Any reason for this? Thanks. v6, boNes "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot
Rudel_chw Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Most likely the ATC frequency is AM modulated, while you have your aircraft radio on FM modulated, or viceversa. 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
Buzzles Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Yeah, prolly the modulation. It'd actually be really handy in the F10 view to show what modulation the freq is using eg "127Mhz (AM)". I get tripped up sometime. Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here!
bonesvf103 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Posted March 23, 2021 Makes sense. And yes it would help if it was shown in the map which modulation. sometimes in MP I will tune the radio to the ATC given, say 118.00 but when I broadcast the freq switches to 118.005 for some reason then ATC doesn’t hear me. Anyone else get that? v6, boNes "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot
lmp Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 AFAIK all ATC frequencies are AM, so writing it on the map would be rather redundant
Frederf Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 It's a bug or a change. The four frequencies used to be: UHF AM, VHF AM, VHF FM, and the low WWII frequency in the single digit MHz. But a few patches ago it got switched so that the ~30 MHz VHF FM got switched to ~30 MHz VHF AM. So you can't contact them anymore with the FM radio in the A-10 for example. 1
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