Communications menu doesn’t work

[Ekaton]

Communications menu doesn’t seem to ever open, in different planes, even with easy communications on. I can hear the ATC but I can’t communicate with ground crew or the ATC ever, with radios tuned in and canopy open. I tried binding the key to a different one, but it makes no difference. What should I do?

[Flappie]

When you're on the ground, use " \ ". When you're flying, use " RAlt + \ ".

Does it solve your issue?

Edited February 3, 2022 by Flappie

[jules9393]

I have had the same issue of late and that's with all comms options bound to my hotas and in different modules. It only opens with easy comms selected. 

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

2 hours ago, jules9393 said:

all comms options bound to my hotas

Are you sure you bound the correct radio buttons? In the controls menu, use the HOTAS-dropdown and check there  
For full-fidelity modules and 'easy communication' disabled, " \ " will only work on the ground since it simulates the communication that - as far as I understand - happens directly between pilot and ground crew via a cable that runs between the aircraft and some ground crew station and doesn’t require electrical power (and thus can be used prior to start-up); which gets pulled out before taxi. Hence the need to bind the actual radio buttons for every other communication.

Edited February 24, 2022 by Raven (Elysian Angel)

[rayrayblues]

What @Flappie said. The change occurred a few updates back.

[R4pt0r]

I have the same issue. And to reply to @Flappie, it is intermittent.
I just tried for example the Landing mission in the F-16. When I requested Inbound, I used \ but when I requested Landing, I had to RALT-\

Also... Aint this supposed to be why we have Easy Comms? So that we dont have to worry what freq to use? or radio?  And, I can't use \ while on the ground in the F-16. I can with all other planes, just not the 16

 

Edited February 26, 2022 by R4pt0r

[Flappie]

I've just gave it a try in the F-16C:

• Easy comm enabled:
  • I can contact tower using " \ " or "RAlt + \ " or "RCtrl + \ " (Inbound, then Landing as soon as the tower as visual on me).
• Easy comm disabled:
  • Both "RCtrl + \ " and "RAlt + \ " works fine.
  • " \ " starts working from the moment I have received an answer from the tower (tower name is followed by ">>" in the radio menu).

I attached two missions, one wih easy comm enabled, and the other one has it disabled (use 263.00 for COM1 and 134.00 for COM2, contact Kutaisi).

If you get different results, please save tracks and attach them here.

F-16C_easycom.miz F-16C_no_easy_comm.miz

Edited February 26, 2022 by Flappie

[R4pt0r]

Ok. Here are 2 tracks for Easy Comms
I tried \ and RALT+\ several times. No joy until I actually manually tuned the freqs. Then only the RALT+\ worked. Using \ alone never worked

 

easycomms2.trk easycomms.trk

[R4pt0r]

No easy comms worked just fine with just \.
Noeasycomms.trk

I have VoiceAttack. Was not in use while these sessions were recorded tho.

Edited February 26, 2022 by R4pt0r