ANT SEL

[CZQS]

Hey,guys.What is ANT SEL used to control in reality, is the signal transmission strength, or which part of the aircraft antenna is selected? If I only choose one side, will there be any consequences?

[b0bl00i]

Antenna select? 

[CZQS]

1 minute ago, b0bl00i said:

天线选择？ 

YES,UHF and IFF

[TEOMOOSE]

The UHF antenna selector (ANT SEL) switch, located outboard of the Avionics Power Panel, allows the pilot to optimize UHF signal transmission and reception. The UPPER position selects the upper antenna, the LOWER position the lower antenna, and the NORM position automatically selects the antenna that is receiving the strongest signal. NORM is the most commonly used position.

The IFF Antenna Select switch, used to select the upper or lower IFF transponder antenna. When the antenna select switch is in the NORM position, the IFF system automatically selects the antenna receiving the strongest interrogation signals

Edited December 21, 2021 by TEOMOOSE

[CZQS]

6 hours ago, TEOMOOSE said:

UHF 天线选择器 (ANT SEL) 开关位于航空电子电源面板的外侧，允许飞行员优化 UHF 信号传输和接收。UPPER 位置选择上部天线，LOWER 位置选择下部天线，NORM 位置自动选择接收信号最强的天线。NORM 是最常用的位置。

IFF 天线选择开关，用于选择上部或下部 IFF 应答器天线。当天线选择开关在 NORM 位置时，IFF 系统自动选择接收最强询问信号的天线

 

In other words, is it related to the signal reception strength?

[Chain_1]

It only changes which antenna the jet uses, the position of the switch does not alter the reception level in any way, e.g. placing the switch in upper does not necessarily give you better reception.  There's no real reason in game to move them out of NORM at this time.

[Dragon1-1]

Most of the time, there's no real reason to move them out of NORM IRL, either. Which is presumably why they're all the way back there. Short of testing the antennas or an in-flight failure of one of the systems, NORM will give you the best reception. 

It would be nice if the new voice comms took antenna locations into account. Maybe they will at one point, but either way, that's not something that you'd ever need to touch.

[CZQS]

7小时前，Dragon1-1 说：

新闻情况下，也没有真正的理由将他们从 NORM IRL 中移除。这大概就是他们一路走到了那里的原因。不需要请求天线或什么系统在飞行中出现故障，NORM 会提供您最好的接收效果。 

如果新的语音通信将天线位置很重要，那么就会有。也许他们会在某个时候，但无论哪种方式，这都不是你需要接触的。

嗨，Dragon1-1，谢谢你的回答。

[TEOMOOSE]

7 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said:

Most of the time, there's no real reason to move them out of NORM IRL, either. Which is presumably why they're all the way back there. Short of testing the antennas or an in-flight failure of one of the systems, NORM will give you the best reception. 

It would be nice if the new voice comms took antenna locations into account. Maybe they will at one point, but either way, that's not something that you'd ever need to touch.

it picks the strongest signals so you dont have to mess with it all, unless theres is a system failure.

[CZQS]

7 minutes ago, TEOMOOSE said:

it picks the strongest signals so you dont have to mess with it all, unless theres is a system failure.

Thank you. I've learned a lot from it.